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It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. — Seneca the Younger
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has… — Phillips Brooks
Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go ahead;… — Richard Hamming
True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter. — Richard Hamming
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant. — Charles Caleb Colton
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs… — Charles Simmons
The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it.… — H. L. Mencken
The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's… — Fran Lebowitz
Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true… — Bernard de Mandeville
If you don't have a dream, there is no way to make one come true. — Steven Tyler
Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is. — Danielle LaPorte
Let this be the criterion always: anything that makes you festive, anything that gives you celebration, anything that makes you dance and sing to such… — Rajneesh
When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that… — Patrick Swayze
In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases… — Sonny Perdue
True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy. — William Shakespeare
It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more… — Maya Angelou
To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism. — James Russell Lowell
Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate… — Dalai Lama
Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth. — Henry David Thoreau
True evangelical faith, cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those… — Menno Simons
"Endow scientific research and we shall know the truth, when and where it is possible to ascertain it;" but the counterblast is at hand: "To… — Karl Pearson
True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity. — Robert Foster Bennett
Without kindness there can be no true joy. — Thomas Carlyle
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Samuel Johnson
It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and higher with the ad-vancing years,… — George Sand

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