#distinguish

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. ↗

— Moliere

#friend #i #mankind #me #rest

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#chiefly #come #eliot #history #i

The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#careers #distinguished #fame #first #genius

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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I simply do not distinguish between work and play. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#distinguish #i #play #simply #work

Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#authority #body #distinguished #distributed #evenly

Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#american public #assumes #beginning #chance #correctly

I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#attractive #campaign #committee #distinguished #george

Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. ↗

— William Wycherley

#civil #distinguish #good #good breeding #hardly