Quotes 81 till 100 of 113.
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
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The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.
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The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.
An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) VII, 20, 2-4 -
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both
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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
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The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
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The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
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The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless.
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The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) -
The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.
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The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society.
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The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.
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There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment. Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
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There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.
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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.
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To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks.
The Intelligent Investor Ch. 20, Margin of Safety: The Central Concept, p. -
To every man of vision the clear Voice speaks; there is no great leadership where there is not a mystic. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside themselves was superior to circumstance. To choose the sure thing is treason to the soul.
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To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.
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