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Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.
Evil
Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau

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Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
Murder
Octave Mirbeau

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Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.
Love
John N. Mitchell

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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
Reform
Moliere

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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Obstacles
Moliere

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I do myself a greater injury in lying that I do him of whom I tell a lie.
Lies and Lying
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself.
Miracles
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
Virtue
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose.
Purpose
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient.
Self-sufficiency
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
Achievement
Alfred A. Montapert

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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
Greatness
Charles De Montesquieu

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The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.
Example
Thomas Morell

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Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.
Purpose
Arthur E. Morgan

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The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.
Business
John Morley

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The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
Listening
Richard Moss

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In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love
Love
Mother Teresa

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We can not do great things. We can only do little things with great love.
Things and Little Things
Mother Teresa

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Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.
Monuments
John L. Motley

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The greatest hindrances to the evangelization of the world are those within the church.
Churches
John R. Mott

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If winning (success) was easy, then everybody would be doing it. It's the hard that makes it great!
Winners and Winning
A League of Their Own Movie

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Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.
Socializing and Socialism
Hector Hugh Munro

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It first appeared like a crazy idea. It turned out he had a great idea.
Ideas
J. Richard Munro

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Prejudice
Edward R. Murrow

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The greatest admiration gives rise not to words, but to silence.
Silence
Musonnius

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