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know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about pleasure

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about man

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about despair, world, man

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

Quote by Winston Churchill about thinking

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

Quote by Winston Churchill

The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.

Quote by William Falconer about order, being

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.

Quote by William Godwin about duty, liberty, life, rightness, man

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Quote by Herodotus about war, peace

A tenant's ability to see dirt and damage is much greater when the move in than when they move out.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about tenants, ability

The bursting radius of a hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war

The later you are running, the greater the chance of hitting every red light in your path.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, chance, light, contentment

The nicer a mother is, the greater the probability that her kids are rotten.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about mother

The more times mother reminds you to take an umbrella, the greater the probability of rain.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about mother, rain, contentment

The more potential a food has for stains the greater the coverage area when it is hurled by a child.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about food, children

The greater the importance of the phone call the bigger the mess the child will make or the louder the tantrum the child will have.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about children

The greater the number of people involved in a social function, the less intelligent each of the participants becomes.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers, people

They say great themes make great novels but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.

Quote by John O'Hara about writers, man

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about opinion, power, spirit

But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy, and is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater.

Quote by Paracelsus about body, soul

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson