"A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges." ― Benjamin Franklin Topic(s): Great Tags: empire, great More From Benjamin Franklin "I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things." "It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man." "To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly." More In Great "It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few."― Pythagoras "I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years."― Brian Eno "The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so."― George Whitefield