The greater and more various any one's knowledge, the longer he takes to find out anything that may suddenly be asked him; because he is like a shopkeeper who has to get the article wanted from a large and multifarious store. Schopenhauer.
The greater height sends down the deeper fall: / And good declin'd turns bad, turns worst of all. Quarles.
The greater man the greater courtesy. Tennyson.
The greater proportion of mankind are more sensitive to contemptuous language than unjust acts; for they can less easily bear insult than wrong. Plutarch.
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received at first with distrust. Schopenhauer.
The greatest benefit which one friend can 5 confer upon another, is to guard, and excite, and elevate his virtues. Johnson.
The greatest braggards are generally the greatest cowards. Rousseau.
The greatest clerkes (scholars) ben not the wisest men. Chaucer.
The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them. Goethe.
The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. It is the nature of thought to find its way into action. Bovee.