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greatness men mind
        Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
        Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men
        In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men too-much
        Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness excellence littles
        True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
greatness shy enough
        You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough Chris Colfer
greatness men yams
        You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men. Chinua Achebe
greatness where-you-are depends
        Greatness depends on where you are coming from. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
greatness bears mark
        The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark. Dave Chappelle
men
        Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens
men hair doors
        An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door. Charles Dickens
men brotherhood common
        The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men. Charles Dickens
men fellow-man spirit
        It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. Charles Dickens
men laughing people
        When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people. Charles Dickens
men judging world
        Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples. Charles Dickens
men coats shabby
        It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Charles Caleb Colton
men talking two
        When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not. Charles Caleb Colton
men years two
        No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned. Charles Caleb Colton
mind colour new-thought
        New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colours of my life were changing. Charles Dickens
mind body weakness
        Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body. Charles Caleb Colton
mind gout body
        As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds. Charles Caleb Colton
mind yoke foals
        It is adverse to talent to be consorted and trained up with inferior minds and inferior companions, however high they may rank. The foal of the racer neither finds out his speed nor calls out his powers if pastured out with the common herd, that are destined for the collar and the yoke. Charles Caleb Colton
mind pay talent
        Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible. Charles Caleb Colton
mind toadstools insult
        Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill. Charles Caleb Colton
mind needed ifs
        You know, if I tried to change the minds of everyone who I thought needed changing, I'd never have time to do anything else. Charles Stross
mind christianity holy
        When filled with holy truth the mind rests. Charles Spurgeon
mind states state-of-mind
        We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind. Charles Spurgeon