#greatest

The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet. ↗

— Walter Reisch

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The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death. ↗

— Ernest Renan

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Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#cowards #generally #greatest #heroes #known

Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#been #being #done #ever #greatest

Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul? ↗

— Charles Simeon

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My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

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Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#desire #even #evil #force #great

People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because they were young and it didn't mean anything. ↗

— Carey Mulligan

#because #fear #fling #get #get married

The greatest possession is self-possession. ↗

— Ethel Watts Mumford

#possession

You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut. ↗

— Robert De Niro

#friends #greatest #greatest thing #keep #learned