You speak of Lord Byron and me there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task. – John Keats
I ran into Isosceles. He had a great idea for a new triangle! – Woody Allen
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions. – E. O. Wilson
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. – Edmund Burke
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together. – Edmund Burke
To have great poets, there must be great audiences. – Walt Whitman
The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. – Walt Whitman
Produce great men, the rest follows. – Walt Whitman
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. – Charles de Montesquieu
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. – Arthur Schopenhauer
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. – J. K. Rowling
Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children. – Princess Diana
People do not understand what a great revenue economy is. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today. – John Hoeven
Americans are blessed with great plenty we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine. – Adam Schiff
Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. – Charles Dickens
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. – William Osler
