Distinguished Quotes

296 Distinguished quotes by 230 unique authors

The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services… — John George Nicolay
The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished… — Carl Linnaeus
The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see in… — Adam Weishaupt
Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom. — Thomas Jefferson
Sagebrush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass… — Mark Twain
He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not… — John Crowe Ransom
Mathematics is distinguished from all other sciences except only ethics, in standing in no need of ethics. — Charles Sanders Peirce
That a country, [England], eminently distinguished for its mechanical and manufacturing ingenuity, should be indifferent to the progress of inquiries which form the highest departments… — Charles Babbage
Physics is an organized body of knowledge about nature, and a student of it says that he is learning physics, not nature. Art, like nature,… — Northrop Frye
We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian fables,… — Max Nordau
It is remarkable, but on the whole, perhaps, not to be lamented, that the world is so unkind to a new book. Any distinguished traveler… — Henry David Thoreau
In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and… — Petrarch
Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness. — Ambrose Bierce
PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated… — Ambrose Bierce
Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results. — Mahatma Gandhi
But we must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life; that the art of life is the most distinguished and… — Carl Jung
Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human… — Mark Twain
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. — Jonathan Swift
One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of… — William Godwin

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