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distinctions
«Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.»
Author: Abbie Hoffman
(Activist, Writer)
| Keywords:
abuse, arbitrary, clinical, distinctions, illegal, legal, medical
«To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.»
Author: William Ellery Channing
(Author, Clergyman)
| About:
Principles,
Soul,
Wealth
| Keywords:
barrier, consideration, cultivated, distinctions, fidelity, incorruptible, prosperous, recognized, slightest, usefulness
«To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
awarded, awarding, awards, distinctions, honours, President, President of, President of the, President of the United, President of the United States, received, States, students, The C, the United States, united, United States, well-done
«Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
A-one, admitted, consequently, dances, distinctions, exclude, invite, joking, made use of, merits, mortified, mortifies, mortify, mortifying, play a joke on, preferences, prettily, respected, singly, sings, supper, vilified, vilifies, vilify
«We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.»
Author: Pablo Picasso
(Artist, Painter)
| Keywords:
class, concerned, discriminate, discriminated, discriminates, discriminating, distinctions, pick, pick out
«We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but the gradual growth of our own wickedness, endeared by interest, and palliated by all the artifices of self-deceit, gives us time to form distinctions in our own favor,»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Crime
| Keywords:
artifice, artifices, crimes, deceit, distinctions, endear, endeared, endearing, endears, gradual, of our own, palliate, palliated, palliating, self-deceit, shocked, wickedness