Quotes with inferiors

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  • Aristotle Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bertrand Russell In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Lady Hodmarsh and the duchess immediately assumed the clinging affability that persons of rank assume with their inferiors in order to show them that they are not in the least conscious of any difference in station between them.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Plato One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Hitopadesa The mind is lowered through association with inferiors. With equals it attains equality; and with superiors, superiority.
    Hitopadesa
    Indian text in Sanskrit
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  • Napoleon The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • William Hazlitt The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • W. M. Thackeray There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Benjamin Franklin To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Irving Layton When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
    Irving Layton
    Canadian poet (1912 - 2006)
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