Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin. – Anatole France
The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. – Thomas Huxley
I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. – Thomas Huxley
Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness. – Bryant H. McGill
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. – Samuel Johnson
There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either. – Samuel Johnson
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. – Samuel Johnson
Small debts are like small shot they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon of loud noise, but little danger. – Samuel Johnson
They never fail who die in a great cause. – Lord Byron
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. – Mary Kay Ash
And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win. – Sachin Tendulkar
You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes. – Alan Watts
Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale. – Elsa Schiaparelli
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. – Chief Joseph
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends. – Giorgos Seferis
The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies. – Alexis de Tocqueville
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. – Pythagoras
Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship. – Laura Schlessinger
One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. – Christopher Hitchens
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. – Horace
