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Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender — Juvenal
Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank. — Juvenal
The Gods rank work above virtues. — Hesiod
I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave-- The world goes round forever; I think that life is not too… — Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
If painters left nothing of themselves after their deaths, so that we were obliged to rank them as we do actors according to the judgment… — Eugene Delacroix
There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is… — Bonnie Blair
It does not astonish me that the critics in London relegate me to the lowest rank. Alas! I fear that they are only too justified! — Camille Pissarro
No Republican could expect to win the GOP nod after betraying his party's rank and file. — Grover Norquist
A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character. — Theodore Roosevelt
To fight aloud, is very brave— But gallanter, I know Who charge within the bosom The Cavalry of Wo— Who win, and nations do not… — Emily Dickinson
It is not national interests we are upholding -- we claim that the interests of socialism, the interests of world socialism, rank higher than national… — Vladimir Lenin
Whether or not it is ultimately the best of all conceivable scripts for Korean, Hangeul must unquestionably rank as one of the great intellectual achievements… — Geoffrey Sampson
There still shines the most important nuance by virtue of which the noble felt themselves to be men of a higher rank. They designate themselves… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world… — Winston Churchill
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13, 1524… — Jean de la Bruyere
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. — Jean de la Bruyere
Un homme n'a jamais pu e lever sa ma|"tresse jusqu'a' lui; mais une femme place toujours son amant aussi haut qu'elle. A man can never… — Honore de Balzac
Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by thanking his rank… — Charles Caleb Colton
The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears. — Stephen Leacock
You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider. — Robert Frost
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion. — Germaine Greer
Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. — Mike Ditka

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