#greatest

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin. ↗

— Mary Astell

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The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence. ↗

— Mary Astell

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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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The greatest men, you can quote for everything. ↗

— John Acton

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War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#continuation #different #different means #greatest #man

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. ↗

— David Attenborough

#excitement #greatest #intellectual #interest #life

This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#chance #come #conservation #done #generations