It is curious to look back and realize upon what trivial and apparently coincidental circumstances great events frequently turn as easily and… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
People wait for the big moment, the great event, and forget that happiness comes from building steadily on the small daily things… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
The discovery of the Square was a great event to the primitive mystics of the Nile. Very early it became an emblem… — Joseph Fort Newton Copy Share Image
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
By my physical constitution I am but an ordinary man ... Yet some great events, some cutting expressions, some mean hypocracies, have… — John Adams Copy Share Image
A new person is to me a great event, and hinders me from sleep. I have often had fine fancies about persons… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
