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greatness men calling
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. William J. H. Boetcker
greatness distinction expenses
Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside. William Gilmore Simms
greatness magic genius
The bolder the action, the greater the genius, magic and power that is likely to flow from it. Robert Ringer
greatness healthy arrogance
The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy. Saint Augustine
greatness thinking opposites
The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of greatness whereas certain contemporary Americans indubitably are. Their critics often advance the exact opposite: British fiction is cool, American naff. Will Self
greatness saving-money ifs
If you cannot save money, the seeds of greatness are not in you. W. Clement Stone
greatness rumor use
I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. W. C. Fields
greatness men tao
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent. Zhuangzi
greatness achievement black-history
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. Yvette Clarke
envy causes misery
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and their envy of those whom either chance or caution hath withheld from it. Samuel Johnson
envy common incessant
That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own. Jonathan Swift
envy gossip criticism
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. Mark Twain
envy insult accepted
The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them. Paulo Coelho
envy soul disorder
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to. Plutarch
envy human-nature humans
Envy is human nature. Monica Bellucci
envy pay spurs
Envy's a sharper spur than pay. John Gay
envy may fool
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
envy kind praise
Envy is a kind of praise.
mediocrity praise
It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately. Luc de Clapiers
mediocrity
Mediocrity is contextual. David Foster Wallace
mediocrity genius consideration
Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly. Amelia Barr
mediocrity mediocre honorable
He probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word. Thomas Mann
mediocrity rise-above stakes
We only rise above mediocrity when there's something at stake. p. 174 Tom Robbins
mediocrity want fit
The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you. Seth Godin
mediocrity settling uncomfortable
It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.
mediocrity exhausting
Defending mediocrity is exhausting.
mediocrity quiet stills
A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. John Suckling