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Quote by Victor Hugo
There have been in this century only one great man and one great t

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. – Victor Hugo

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Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. – Victor Hugo

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. – Victor Hugo

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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. – Voltaire

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Great events make me quiet and calm it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. – Queen Victoria

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Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. – Albert Einstein

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One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be arrested, every knock at the door is an alarm. – Sydney Smith, letter to Robert Wilmot-Horton, 1836 February 8th

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Without a compelling cause, our employees are just putting in time. Their minds might be engaged, but their hearts are not. Meaning precedes motivation. – Lee J. Colan

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