Superior Quotes

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The ambition of superior sensibility and superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and communicate it at another; and… — Samuel Johnson
PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of… — Ambrose Bierce
Dianetics is a milestone for man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his invention of the wheel and the arch. — L. Ron Hubbard
He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions. — Samuel Johnson
I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior. — Oren Lyons
I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. — Hippolyte Taine
The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks. — Confucius
Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things.… — Richard Koch
What the horrors of war are, no one can imagine. They are not wounds and blood and fever, spotted and low, or dysentery, chronic and… — Florence Nightingale
The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen. — Confucius
The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony. — Confucius
Becoming is superior to being. — Paul Klee
We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed. — Confucius
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior. — George Bernard Shaw
I have often asked Americans wherein they consider their freedom superior to that of the English, but have never found them able to indicate a… — James Bryce
In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are some sordid minds, formed of slime and filth, to whom interest and gain are what glory and virtue are to superior souls; they… — Jean de la Bruyere
When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be… — Laozi
Genius is only a superior power of seeing. — John Ruskin

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