Famous quotes containing the word greater:
“Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Hes a fool that marries, but hes a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?”
—William Wycherley (16401716)
“That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (16451696)
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