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I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
Famous Last Words
Thomas Hobbes

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A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Greatness
Eric Hoffer

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Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Fatigue
Eric Hoffer

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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Discontent
Eric Hoffer

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What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
Conventionality
Eric Hoffer

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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
Disasters
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
Work
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
Vision
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
Faith
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
Kisses and Kissing
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
Studying
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Law and Lawyers
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
Courage
Homer

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Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.
Death and Dying
Sydney Hook

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How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!
Economy and Economics
Horace

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I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.
Death and Dying
Horace

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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Memory
Elbert Hubbard

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If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Anticipation
Elbert Hubbard

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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
Decisions
Elbert Hubbard

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Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Love
Elbert Hubbard

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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
Mind
Elbert Hubbard

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Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Giving
Elbert Hubbard

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The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.
Mistakes
Elbert Hubbard

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Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.
Guests
Kin Hubbard

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The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.
Law and Lawyers
Charles Evans Hughes

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun