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greatness means wants
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent so much as the smallness of his wants William Cobbett
greatness using
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. Henry Ward Beecher
greatness last
I thought we showed some greatness last night. Joe Paterno
greatness misery prove
All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch. Blaise Pascal
greatness men ignorant
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.
greatness men tree
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
greatness men touching
A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.
greatness men class
The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.
greatness men feelings
Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.
envy pity
Pity is for living, envy is for dead. Mark Twain
envy interesting people
I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person. Carrie Fisher
envy fear jealousy
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it William Shenstone
envy intellectual vices
Envy ... is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves but only in their relations. Bertrand Russell
envy incredibly job tricky
I don't envy the FCC's job here. This is an incredibly tricky decision. Ned Zachar
envy greed sleeves
Greed is envy with its sleeves rolled up. George Will
envy falling happen
I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely. Tom Stoppard
envy everybody perseverance
I envy the perseverance of everybody in this school. And I know how much they must look up to Terry. Jacob Tamme
envy neil wonderful
I envy Neil for that wonderful, wonderful experience. John Glenn
reverence-for-life ethics morality
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. Albert Schweitzer
reverence
What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence. D. A. Carson
reverence fathom reserves
Let us seek to fathom those things that are fathomable and reserve those things which are unfathomable for reverence in quietude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
reverence-for-life alive reverence
I have a deep reverence for everything that is alive, a reverence for life itself. Rajneesh
reverence all-things
Above all things, reverence yourself. Pythagoras
reverence ifs greater
God is not greater if you reverence Him, but you are greater if you serve Him. Saint Augustine