Illustrious Quotes

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Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great… — Jefferson Davis
The story of American wrestling at its greatest is the story of its most illustrious champion, Frank Gotch. He dominated the field. Through his extraordinary… — Nat Fleischer
I've fallen in love with my horse. It's a safer bet. We all know from my illustrious past that I should be sticking to men… — Sharon Stone
It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved since my career… — Mike Tyson
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. — Edmund Waller
Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. — Joseph Addison
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a… — Sallust
The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas of our illustrious… — Paul Cezanne
No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one… — Knut Hamsun
I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing… — Edmond Francois Valentin About
A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he… — Jean de la Bruyere
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting. — Sallust
From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to… — Mark Twain
I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always… — Adam Baldwin
I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and father have been married four… — Joshua Ferris
Bright and illustrious illusions! — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels. — Albert Einstein
The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities! They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn breath upon the planet. — Mark Twain
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. — William Cowper
You, our youth of today, are among the most illustrious spirits to be born into mortality in any age of the world. Yours is a… — Harold B. Lee

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