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Jai Ganesh

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Chief Quotes - IV

Chief Quotes - IV

1. With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. - Adam Smith

2. The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. - Samuel Johnson

3. I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief. - Fidel Castro

4. Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive. - John D. Rockefeller

5. I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers. - Narendra Modi

6. The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

7. It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant

8. The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it. - Samuel Johnson.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.