Quotations Page 'G'

The great are only great because we are on our knees.Let us rise.

- P.J.Proudhon, Revolution of Paris -

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What millions died that Caesar might be great.

- Compbel -

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He is not great who is not greatly good.

- Shakespeare -

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Achilles' warth, Greece the direful spring.Of woes unnumbered, heavenly Godness, sing !

- Homer, Lliad -

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I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts.

- Virgil, Aeneid -

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Grief is itself a medicine.

- Cowper, Charity -

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Every one can master a grief but he that has it.

- Shakespeare -

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Sorrow's best antidote is employment.

- Young -

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No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

- Cicero -

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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complaints for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

- Burke, Observation on Present of Nations -

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Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

- M.Henry -

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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.

- Byron, Bepps -

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Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.

- George W.Resse -

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Be right and jovial among your guests tonight.

- Shakespeare -

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The friendship laws are by this rule expressed.Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

- Pope, Odyssey -

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Guilt is always jealous.Hearty repentance broke the edge of guilt and led the way to a proper understanding.

- Mahatma Gandhi, Delhi Diary -

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Every man carries the bundle of his sins, Upon his own back.

- John Fletcher, Rule a Wife -

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