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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