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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Genius
John Dryden

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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
Death and Dying
John Dryden

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There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
Charm
Henry Van Dyke

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There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Tools
Freeman Dyson

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Great ideas originate in the muscles.
Ideas
Thomas A. Edison

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To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
Ideas
Thomas A. Edison

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High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
AIDS
Tryon Edwards

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Humor
George Eliot

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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
Genius
George Eliot

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Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.
Appearance
George Eliot

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No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
Achievement
George Eliot

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It cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labor.
Tradition
T. S. Eliot

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
Deeds and Good Deeds
T. S. Eliot

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The greater the truth the greater the libel.
Truth
Lord Ellenborough

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You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.
Things and Little Things
Odysseus Elytis

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A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.
Greatness
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
Courage
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All the great ages have been ages of belief.
Belief
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
Speakers and Speaking
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Thoughts and Thinking
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.
Perseverance
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Enthusiasm
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.
Achievement
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.
Possibilities
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun