It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld Category: great
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. – Gilbert K. Chesterton Category: great
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld Category: great
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. – Gilbert K. Chesterton Category: great
But my happiness in this world – my level of peace – is never going to be dictated by acting. – Chris Evans Category: Happiness
The dullards envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. – Max Beerbohm Category: Greatness & Great Things