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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
Aeschylus on great

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Plutarch on great

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
W. Somerset Maugham on great

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
R. D. Laing on great

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
Christian Nestell Bovee on great

Great moments are born from great oppurtunities.
Herb Brooks on great

The internet is a great way to get on the net.
Bob Dole on great

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
George Santayana on great

Life should be great rather than long.
B. R. Ambedkar on great

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
Christopher Hitchens on great

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
Mencius on great

The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken.
P. J. O'Rourke on great

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.
Milan Kundera on great

Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
P. J. O'Rourke on great

Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!
Colin Powell on great

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
Sam Snead on great

I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned.
Lord Byron on great

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.
Anna Quindlen on great

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.
Cher on great

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh on great