A Quote by William Hazlitt
The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.
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The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.
The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.
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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
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