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Quote by Pierre Corneille

“The greater the effort, the greater the glory.”

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Pierre Corneille, a French dramatist, was born on June 6, 1606, in Rouen, France, and died on October 1, 1684. He is one of the representatives of French classical drama and is known for his rigorous structure and profound themes. more

“We have a situation where we are rich really as a world overall, and yet we have the capacity to destroy ourselves, either through nuclear weapons or through environmental degradation, and we allow the life chances of hundreds of millions of people to be destroyed because we haven't found the will to tackle it”

“We know the problems, and we know the solution: sustainable development. The issue is the political will.”

Knows Problem Political Vision Issues Development Future Solutions Sustainable Development Political Will

Author:Tony Blair

“Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can”

World Choices Opportunity Community Acting Moral Vision Technology Future Offers Prosperity Humankind Sustainable Development Science And Technology

Author:Margaret Beckett

“Many unsustainable behaviours are locked-in and made 'normal', not just by the way that we produce and consume, but by the absence of easy alternatives”

Way Made Easy Vision Produce Future Normal Absence Alternatives Locked Behaviour Sustainable Development

Author:Margaret Beckett

“A world where one tenth of the population gets to be extremely wealthy, and six tenths very poor, is not, in the long run, a stable place.”

World Long Running Poor Vision Future Six Population Wealthy Stable Long Runs Sustainable Development

Author:Bill McKibben

“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people”

People World Ideas Reality Seems Turns Challenges Vision Century Development Future Abstract Sustainable Development

Author:Kofi Annan

“The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. The problem of when the drink is going to run out is, however, going to have to be faced one day. The planet over which they are floating is no longer the planet it was when they first started floating over it. It is in bad shape”

Firsts Stills Shows Problem Running Party Vision Generations Planets Drink Future One Day Shapes Leaving Destructive Over It Fourth Floating Sustainable Development

Author:Douglas Adams

“Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.”

Animal Blood Anger Gentle Gentleman Resentment

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“Those who are not angry at the things they should be angry at are thought to be fools, and so are those who are not angry in the right way, at the right time, or with the right persons.”

Way Should Persons Fool Anger Angry Right Way Right Time Right Person

Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

“Anger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature.”

Mind Anger Management Poison

Author:Christopher Paolini

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