Great Ones Quotes

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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. — Lord Chesterfield
All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once. — Raul Lopez
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. — Nicolas Chamfort
We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you. — Ernest Hemingway
The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West will not contain… — Ronald Reagan
I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could… — Patti Page
Build your inner environment. Practice Silence! I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter, they would say:… — Paramahansa Yogananda
The great ones don't come cheap. — Mike Holmgren
What the great ones do, the less will prattle of — William Shakespeare
There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves. — Clifton Fadiman
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift… — Natalia Ginzburg
If death were the end, then there is no God, and there are no realised masters - it is all a pack of lies. The… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Small sorrows speak great ones are silent. — Seneca the Younger
If we know anything about a path at all, it's only because of the Great ones that have gone before us. Out of their love… — Krishna Das
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse) — Eric S. Raymond
I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great… — Wes Anderson
On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition -… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones. — Benjamin Franklin

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