"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." ― Ariel Durant Topic(s): Great More In Great "The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood."― Otto von Bismarck "There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it."― Voltaire