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William Wordsworth Quote: “The best portion of a good…”

The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

October 30, 2021 1770, April 7, English, Quotes by Poets, William Wordsworth

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote: “Character, in great and little things…”

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

October 30, 2021 1749, August 28, German, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “An aphorism ought to be entirely…”

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

October 28, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Geoffrey Chaucer Quote: “We know little of the things…”

We know little of the things for which we pray.

October 28, 2021 1343, English, Geoffrey Chaucer, Quotes by Poets

Richard Rorty Quote: “The usual picture of Socrates is…”

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

October 27, 2021 1931, American, October 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Richard Rorty

Jawaharlal Nehru Quote: “Every little thing counts in a…”

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

October 24, 2021 1889, Indian, Jawaharlal Nehru, November 14, Quotes by Leaders

Edward Gibbon Quote: “The pathetic almost always consists in…”

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.

October 24, 2021 1737, April 27, Edward Gibbon, English, Quotes by Historians

Baltasar Gracian Quote: “Don’t show off every day, or…”

Don’t show off every day, or you’ll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.

October 23, 2021 1601, Baltasar Gracian, January 8, Quotes by Philosophers, Spanish

Robert Fogel Quote: “The president has very little effect…”

The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences the business cycle is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank.

October 12, 2021 1926, American, July 1, Quotes by Historians, Robert Fogel

E. Franklin Frazier Quote: “Education in the past has been…”

Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.

September 30, 2021 1894, American, E. Franklin Frazier, Quotes by Sociologists, September 24

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