An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.Quote by Walter Bagehot about judgment
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about difficulties, glory
The greater the value of the rug, the greater the probability that the cat will throw up on it.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about value
The greater a photographer's excitement, the greater its chance of fogging film, scratching prints, and deleting files.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about photography, chance, film
We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.Quote by Irving Layton about soul, love
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstancesQuote by Martha Washington about happiness, circumstances
Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by themQuote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about idea
There is no greater sorrow, Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery.Quote by Dante Alighieri about philosophy, sadness, happiness, time
Every so often I'd be able to write a scene with greater flourish because I'd gotten lucky with my words as I was writing them down, but no surprises.Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.Quote by Francis Bacon about nature
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ''that these United Colonies are, and of right...Quote by John Adams about question, rightness, man
It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about sin, love
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.Quote by Joseph Addison about shadow, dream, hope, life
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.Quote by Joseph Addison about measure, faith
Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.Quote by Honoré de Balzac about obstacles, being, nothing, good, good luck
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about ambition, circumstances, thinking
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about voice, music, human imperfections
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.Quote by Aristotel about moral, beauty
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just...Quote by George W. Bush about power, world