“They should live all together on an equal footing; merit to be their only road to eminence, and the disgrace of evil,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties,… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
The Grace of God and the human will are co-operant, but not on equal terms. Grace has the pre-eminence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
How apt nature is, even in those who profess an eminence in holiness, to raise and maintain animosities against those whose calling… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of license that distinguishes New York. It is… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
