"Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness."

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Source : Athenaeus (1854). “The Deipnosophists Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus: With an Appendix of Poetical Fragments, Rendered Into English Verse by Various Authors and a General Index : in Three Volumes”, p.1003

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Source : "Face The Nation" with Bob Schieffer, multimedia.cbs.com. January 21, 2001.
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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“You always romanticize the past as soon as the future begins to frighten you.”

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