Good and evil are essential differences of the act of the will. For good and evil pertain essentially to the will; just… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When I think of the most able students I have encountered in my teaching - I mean those who have distinguished themselves… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for… — Moliere Copy Share Image
Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but… — Pericles Copy Share Image
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to… — Frank B. Kellogg Copy Share Image
Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
It's born of sheer laziness. My signature dishes are salads, hamburgers and popcorn. That's not the kind of stuff that gets you… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
At times God's best pupils experience the most rigorous and continuous courses. Eventually those who prove to be men of Christ will… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Men aging makes them look more authoritative, accomplished, distinguished. Sadly, it's not that way for women, and they will tell you. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Our time has been distinguished, more than by anything else, by a mastery, a control, of the external world, and by an… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
In art there are two principal schools between which each aspirant has to choose--one distinguished by its close adherence to nature, and… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The only real distinction at this dangerous moment in human history and cosmic development has nothing to do with medals and ribbons.… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
What distinguished man from animals was the human capacity for symbolic thought, the capacity which was inseparable from the development of language… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God;… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
