A humble birth is no hindrance to greatness. From LearnThat.org. [David McKay (1873-1970).]
On the other hand, what we call greatness of mind is the object of another most of approbation, than superior understanding. From Wordnik.com. [Human Nature and Other Sermons] Reference
Defining movie greatness is relative and always will be. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Most Overrated Movies » Scene-Stealers] Reference
The proof of the novel's greatness is in this timelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Pearl Buck - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Nebuchadnezzar's greatness is represented by a flourishing tree. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
His greatness is still something you can feel, so many years later. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 8/14/2006 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
Their greatness is indeed readily apparent. pseudonymous in nc Says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » When the CW Is Right] Reference
Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Divides] Reference
You think it's an accident that all these people achieved certain greatness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Self-Made Man Behind the Marvel] Reference
The measure of the nation's greatness is really the measure of its statesmen. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Canadian Sentiment] Reference
Davidson says, "His greatness is in spurts, where it used to always be there.". From Wordnik.com. [Gretzky still living greatest dream] Reference
But human greatness is short and transitory, as the odour of incense in the fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II] Reference
They made a compact that the first to attain greatness should befriend the other. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
And he understands, one supposes, that greatness is often very apparent early on. From Wordnik.com. [Naipaul on Walcott : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
A measure of true greatness is the ability to treat even your enemies the same way. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’] Reference
They say that greatness is proven over time, and Barry Bonds has proven his greatness. From Wordnik.com. [Bonds: 'This record is not tainted at all'] Reference
Well, my friends, the greatest tribute to English greatness is the Government of India. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
Never let your children forget the traditions upon which Britain's greatness is founded. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Destiny] Reference
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
The path to technical greatness is not going to be paved with mizerly limits on web access. From Wordnik.com. [The Twilight Problem: Why Metered Broadband Could Suck] Reference
If anything, the greatness is more obvious because it's not all dressed up in some slick package. From Wordnik.com. [Have a great weekend (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
How was it that his greatness, that is to say his greatness of personality, made so pitiable an end?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster] Reference
Cervantes's greatness is that he lyrically and persuasively makes the arguments for both worldviews. From Wordnik.com. [Richard C. Morais: Our Knight In Shining Armor] Reference
Page 13 of another order, not perhaps of a lower order; for all true greatness is not of one quality. From Wordnik.com. [A Commemorative Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
After greatness is achieved, there is no pause, as the torrent of time continues to flow relentlessly on. From Wordnik.com. [Save Historic Mercury Mission Control Center - NASA Watch] Reference
The connection between mental disturbance, even weakness, and human greatness is just beneath the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Vincent - Criticism - Critical Contexts] Reference
Eleven score and thirteen years ago, a document was signed - it demanded greatness from a people and a place. From Wordnik.com. [8 posts from July 2009] Reference
Seattle Girls 'School and High Tech High are proof that learning greatness is possible, and can be successful. From Wordnik.com. [edu-urgency?] Reference
But all his pride in English greatness, all his confidence in English power, woke afresh at the challenge of France. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) Modern England, 1760-1815] Reference
Whether anyone reading The Skating Rink in ignorance would have recognised the elements of that greatness is doubtful. From Wordnik.com. [The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolaño – review] Reference
Having someone's parents (or parent) die early in life only for them to subsequently achieve greatness is nothing new. From Wordnik.com. [My Favorite Sci Fi Movie Of All Time] Reference
Surely, greatness is the capacity to derive hope and meaning from apparent hopelessness as Reinhold Niebuhr once suggested. From Wordnik.com. [Helping the Mentally Retarded] Reference
Page 10 hand, unrivalled as poet and king, his greatness is only equalled by his goodness, while his virtues outshine his crown. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
His greatness is also in the fact that he knew how to present Christianity to a wide public, made up of Christians and secular people. From Wordnik.com. [Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:] Reference
More importantly, the notion of greatness is irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Thus the causes of what is called the greatness of Spain are not far to seek. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul. From Wordnik.com. [Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1] Reference
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