Greater Quotes - Page 13
In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.
"Modern Painters". Book by John Ruskin. Volume V, part VIII, chapter III, 1860.
I dimly guess, from blessings known, of greater out of sight.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.319
John Dryden (1808). “Poetical works”, p.106
Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one.
"Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.
Jack London (2014). “Jack London Complete Collection Northern Tales (annotated)”, p.1050, BookBaby
Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”
Herman Melville (2015). “Mardi: and A Voyage Thither: Works of Melville”, p.279, 谷月社
H. C. Moolenburgh (1995). “Meetings with angels: a hundred and one real-life encounters”
George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1793). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”
The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.
ERIC HOFFER (1963). “THE TRUE BELIEVER”