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How great in number are the little minded men.


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JOHN T WALSH Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.
WILFERD A. PETERSON Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.
WILFRED PETERSON Palaces are for the little men not for the great men because great man is humble!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multit...
VOLTAIRE There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
GEORGE HERBERT They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.
JOHN RUSKIN People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction be...
THOMAS FULLER The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
CONFUCIUS The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Poets are literal-minded men who will squeeze a word till it hurts.
ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective reme...
PIEN CH'IAO Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective re...
PIEN CH'IAO You need to know how to measure ROI, the number of visitors and the number of impressions. No matter...
LAWRENCE DVORCHIK Great causes and little men go ill together.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
PERICLES Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amoun...
BARBARA CARTLAND The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amo...
BARBARA CARTLAND Ponder now by thyself, how great fruit of wickedness the grain of evil seed had brought forth. And w...
COMPTON GAGE When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that wo...
RICK RIORDAN There aren't enough words to describe how great these men were and how great their deeds were.
BIN LADEN There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured.
LORD HALIFAX Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate; But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame. Ah, do...
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
EDMUND BURKE Great men do not play stage tricks with the doctrines of life and death: only little men do that.
JOHN RUSKIN The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, ...
JOHN TEMPLETON In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are bot...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore,...
BLACK ELK Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are...
HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are ...
HENRI-FREDERIC AMIEL How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does ...
TRYON EDWARDS How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does ...
ALEXANDRE DUMAS PèRE How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does ...
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS There are a number of traits that combine to create entrepreneurial potential. We find that openness...
ADEO RESSI For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful...
BIBLE Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
WILLIAM F. HALSEY Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined...
CHARLES DE GAULLE A great number of people wake up each morning with the thought of not just how to pay back, but how ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore,...
BLACK ELK Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
VIRGINIA WOOLF Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .
MARIO PUZO Great men are not born great, they grow great.
MARIO PUZO I wonder how harmless such people are? To what extent civilization is retarded by the laughing jacka...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It’s easy to demonstrate how progressive and open-minded and loyal you are when it costs you nothi...
TIM KREIDER The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived l...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.
GEORGE HERBERT This is a great group of young men. We have senior leadership as well as a number of quality undercl...
GEORGE NESSMITH Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
CHARLES DICKENS The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great bo...
SIR ARTHUR KEITH The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great ...
SIR ARTHUR KEITH The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great boo...
JOSEPH JOUBERT I think women have the advantage over men - they tend to be much more in touch with their feelings a...
TOBEY MAGUIRE So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men ...
JACQUE FRESCO There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and se...
EDWARD ATKINSON There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live, and se...
EDWARD ATKINSON The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asund...
FRANCIS BACON As illustrated in any number of footnotes, men are almost always 50 to 60 percent dumber in matters ...
SCOTT HAWKINS One must talk about everything according to its nature, how it comes to be and how it grows. Men ha...
HERACLITUS There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men,out of necessity, are forced by cir...
ADMIRAL FREDERICK There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men,out of necessity, are forced by cir...
ADMIRAL WILLIAM FREDERICK HALSEY JR. (BULL) The men of pure-hearted and open-minded
feel no worry about running out of new ideas.
TOBA BETA Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
ELBERT HUBBARD Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace
ELBERT HUBBARD I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers w...
NATHANIEL SMITH Great men know how to control two things; their women and money.
HABEEB AKANDE For all men are equal,in order to show man that you are equal,then always do things lesser than your...
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
BIBLE For the whole of life consists of nothing but contradictions. The rich are the poor in spirit; the m...
AUGUST STRINDBERG He's an absent-minded beggar, and his weaknesses are great - / But we and Paul must take him as we f...
RUDYARD KIPLING The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen as...
FRANCIS BACON SR. Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.
KAHLIL GIBRAN I have always tried to get Tim to be a little more open-minded and diverse in his thinking,
FRANK MCNEIL We're men, and men aren't born to stand alone.
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BEN WESTON Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Your net worth determines how valuable you are in the sight of men
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WILLIAM GLASSER How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!
HORACE The bus was crowded, standing room only, and he clung apelike from a bar that hung down from the cei...
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BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.
MARTHA STEWART Do something today, no matter how great or small, to put a little more Love in the world.
ELEANOR BROWNN Great men are not always wise.
BIBLE Great men are not always idiots
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PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) You love a nothing when you love an ingrate. [Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.]
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PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A man of three letters, " F U R."
PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Persevere in virtue and diligence.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS It well becomes a young man to be modest.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not every age is fit for childish sports.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No man is wise enough by himself.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Speak no evil of an absent friend.
(Non male loquare absenti amico)
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Practice yourself what you preach.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The evil that we know is best.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS I am always afraid of your "something shall be done."
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A word to the wise is enough.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS You must spend money to make money
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Conquered, we conquer.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No blessing lasts forever
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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