Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Great talents have some admirers, but few friends. Niebuhr.

Great talkers are like leaky pitchers, everything runs out of them. Pr.

Great talkers are little doers. Pr.

Great thieves hang little ones. Ger. 15

Great things are done when men and mountains meet; / These are not done by jostling in the street. Wm. Blake.

Great things through greatest hazards are achiev'd, / And then they shine. Beaumont.

Great thoughts and a pure heart are the things we should beg for ourselves from God. Goethe.

Great thoughts come from the heart. Vauvenargues.

Great thoughts, great feelings come to them, / 20 Like instincts, unawares. M. Milnes.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. Hazlitt.