Eminence Quotes

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That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to… — Ben Jonson
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. — Jean de la Bruyere
There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and… — Raymond E. Feist
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches… — Joseph Addison
Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem. — Nicolas Chamfort
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
Sciences usually advances by a succession of small steps, through a fog in which even the most keen-sighted explorer can seldom see more than a… — James Jeans
She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret is that she does not… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up,… — Charles Darwin
Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by any section of… — David George Hogarth
It is no slight testimonial, both to the merit and worth of Christianity, that in all ages since its promulgation the great mass of those… — John Quincy Adams
Our Lord might be described as the great Physician, Healer, Engineer, Chief Scout, Foreman, Builder, or the like - all showing his pre-eminence in the… — Bruce R. McConkie
The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right. — George Meany
During a frustrating argument with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: Your eminence, are you not aware that I have the power… — Ross Douthat
As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity:… — Thomas Paine
Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not… — William McKinley
The foundation on which (our government is) built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every pre-eminence but that annexed to legal office,… — Thomas Jefferson
Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire to impress others… — Hugh Nibley
In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.… — Zachary Taylor

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