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To be ethical is to endeavor to find one's proper place in the larger scheme of things rather than to seek to assert human superiority… — Gary Steiner
Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without… — Samuel Johnson
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal. — Sallust
But it is not at all certain that this superiority of the many over the sound few is possible in the case of every people… — Aristotle
What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character of each individual,… — Plato
During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a… — Adolf Galland
To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before… — Adolf Galland
Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from… — Al-Ghazali
The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority… — Benjamin Disraeli
But in this world of morally-warped phenomena there are rare and happy exceptions of truly great magnitude, which always pay dearly for their exclusiveness and… — Vissarion Belinsky
If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this:… — Jean Baudrillard
Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy. — Greg Bear
It is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority.… — Murasaki Shikibu
Multiculturalism asserts that all cultures are equal and therefore none may criticize another; intellectuals and politicians are therefore reluctant to declare the obvious superiority of… — Edwin A. Locke
How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the… — Van Wyck Brooks
The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that… — Thomas Carlyle
Clothes therefore, must be the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
The superiority of the gold standard consists in the fact that the value of gold develops independent of political actions. — Ludwig von Mises
Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests, very subtly, a… — Elwyn Brooks White
Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority. — William Feather
I hate a stupid man who can't talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man… — Anthony Trollope
Only ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment but nothing is quite as splendidly uplifting to the heart as the defeat… — Stefan Zweig
Racism is a belief in the inherent superiority of one race over another. — Neal Boortz
Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation… — Samuel P. Huntington
To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a… — John Knox

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