The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. Oscar Wilde
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. Oscar Wilde
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. Ronald Reagan
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. Oscar Wilde
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. Albert Camus
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. Ronald Reagan
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. Benjamin Franklin
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. Benjamin Franklin
I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in. Bill Gates
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. Aristotle
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin
I have great faith in fools self-confidence my friends call it. Edgar Allan Poe
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. Benjamin Franklin