Illustrious Quotes

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That short, potential stir That each can make but once, That bustle so illustrious Tis almost consequence, Is the eclat of death. — Emily Dickinson
Not far from here, by a white sun, behind a green star, lived the Steelypips, illustrious, industrious, and they hadn't a care: no spats in… — Stanislaw Lem
It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the… — Confucius
Ann Sjoerdsma has successfully blended the fascinating story of her illustrious father's scientific achievements [in wide-ranging] drug research, with an enjoyable historic account of the… — Arvid Carlsson
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive… — Murray Gell-Mann
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble… — Victor Hugo
History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about. — James A. Baldwin
The book thief has struck for the first time â€“ the beginning of an illustrious career. — Markus Zusak
There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure… — Victor Hugo
In a few hours, Iâ€™m going to be banished to the surface, my belongings raffled off as novelty items and my living space given to… — Kim Harrison
Hope, that risky, illustrious thing. It should have gone extinct by now, but we keep it alive. — Lauren DeStefano
Did you follow me from the party?" "Yes" "I didn't even know you were there." His dark clothes indicated he must have been on guardian… — Richelle Mead
Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are… — Victor Hugo
Evolution is the law of policies: Darwin said it, Socrates endorsed it, Cuvier proved it and established it for all time in his paper on… — Mark Twain
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. — Thomas Overbury
To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and… — John G. D. Clark
PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes… — Ambrose Bierce
My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do. — Artemisia Gentileschi
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes — Victor Hugo

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