A Quote by John Dryden

The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe. — © John Dryden
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.
The great secret possessed by the great men of all ages was their ability to contact and release the powers of their subconscious mind. You can do the same.
For sure working with Ferrari is a great pleasure. It's a great team, it's a great experience and it's a great dream as well to be there.
I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think, and now I know a great secret of life, for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements , and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise.
Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind; Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind; neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.
I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy to change the world; when you share your secret, the recipient becomes a fellow conspirator.
You don't believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, even – no, especially – when you stand on your dignity; and since you despise yourself, you are unable to respect your friend. You can't bring yourself to believe that anyone you have sat at table with, or shared a house with, is capable of great achievement. That is why all great men have been solitary. It is hard to think in your company, little man. One can only think 'about' you, or 'for your benefit', not 'with' you, for you stifle all big, generous ideas.
Anger represents a certain power, when a great mind, prevented from executing its own generous desires, is moved by it.
I have no secret but hard work. This is a secret that many never learn, and they don't succeed because they don't learn it. Labor is the genius that changes the world from ugliness to beauty, and the great curse to a great blessing.
In all your relations to men be great, just, generous, courteous, and kindly. The great are never otherwise.
Michael is a great person and a great father, generous and caring.
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
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They are a very decent generous lot of people out here and they don't expect you to listen.... It's the secret of social ease in this country. They talk entirely for their own pleasure. Nothing they say is designed to be heard.
I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.
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