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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.
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I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality.
Source: The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism (1928) -
It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
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Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
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Patriotism in the female sex is the most disinterested of all virtues. Excluded from honors and from offices, we cannot attach ourselves to the State or Government from having held a place of eminence.... Yet all history and every age exhibit instances of patriotic virtue in the female sex; which considering our situation equals the most heroic of yours.
Source: Letter to John Adams, 17 June 1782
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