There is no such thing as a little country. the greatness of a people
is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is
determined by his height.
-- Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is
determined by his height.
-- Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Related:
- People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate
situation or surroundings than by any internal characteristic... - Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.
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Victor... - To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
Victor... - The greatness of a man can nearly always be measured
by his willingness to be kind. ... - It is yet a higher speech of his than the other, "It is true greatness
to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god."
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of... - An individual's greatness cannot be judged objectively by his or her contemporaries;
the most objective evaluators of a person's greatness... - There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world,
and that is an idea whose time has come. -- Victor... - No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity;
the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted... - The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than
yourself,
but to stand at your real height against some higher...
From the same category:
- If Jack's in love,
he's no judge of Jill's beauty... - Remember --
only 10% of anything can be in the top 10%... - He has half the deed done who has made a
beginning. --... - Speak roughly to your little VAX,
And boot it when it crashes;
It knows that one cannot relax Because the paging... - Treat every woman as if you have slept with her and
you soon will...
