#great

the best of Cervantes is untranslatable, and this undeniable fact is in itself an incentive [for one and all] to learn Spanish. ↗

— Aubrey F.G. Bell

#cervantes #don-quixote #great-books #man-of-la-mancha #modern-library

By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind. ↗

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

#else #english #gentleman #great #great service

Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#actual #brought #curious #experience #facts

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. ↗

— Mark Hopkins

#activity #affection #any #appropriate #blessedness

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold. ↗

— John Dyer

#become #deal #decided #exhibited #first

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#cheerful #great #personal #temperament

I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it. I love where I live. I love the people. I have been met with such kindness and affection here. ↗

— George Dzundza

#affection #been #cat #city #everything

I'm into very colorful food. Obviously lots of flavor, but I think we eat with our eyes first, so it has to look great. The presentation has to be great. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#eat #eyes #first #flavor #food

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy. ↗

— Leslie Easterbrook

#characters #comedy #desire #doing #ended

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#apart #become #building #country #course