[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.
Mary WollstonecraftTag: intelligence greatness empowerment gender women beauty history self-determination achievement stereotypes clichés distinction gentleness
I never realized that life could be as difficult for a beautiful woman as it is for a plain one,” he said.
“Life can be difficult for everyone,” she replied.
“Misery makes no distinction between prince and pauper.
Tag: life misery distinction
When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.
Criss JamiTag: world justice war revenge hatred purity media news attitude opposition sincerity ruin spite bitterness vengeance correction pure distinction sincere instigator instigation world-news
What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.
Criss JamiTag: different genius simplicity independent-thought privacy independent envy self-sufficiency superiority creative inferiority misunderstanding distinction complex odd difficulties genius-distinction inferiority-complex intimidating
Christ delves far beyond the means of superficiality, not simply because of his immaculate love, but also because he considers the distinct cases of each individual rather than withholding a broadened perception by use of stereotypes.
Criss JamiTag: individuality perception love compassion god stereotypes individual christ discernment consideration superficiality distinction broad
Christians should be cultural and intellectual thermostats, exulting in opposition, iconoclasm,and balancing insights.
Gene Edward Veith Jr.Tag: conformity distinction
Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.
Criss JamiTag: confidence mistakes denial pride awareness differences distinction evolve denying denying-self
The fact that at the moment the distinction is being made, a young adult, as opposed to an adult, is the one reading it. In other words, I don’t entirely believe in the distinction. A great book is a great book, and it’s impossible to say what part of a person is going to connect to it.
Kristin CashoreTag: ya distinction
When distinction of any kind, even intellectual distinction, is somehow resented as a betrayal of the American spirit of equal opportunity for all, the result must be just this terror of individualistic impulses setting us apart, either above or below our neighbours; just this determination to obey without questioning and to subscribe with passion to the conventions and traditions. The dilemma becomes a very real one: How can this sense of democratic equality be made compatible with respect for exceptional personalities or great minds? How can democracy, as we understand it today, with its iron repression of the free spirit, its monotonous standardisation of everything, learn to cherish an intellectual aristocracy without which any nation runs the risk of becoming a civilisation of the commonplace and the second-rate?
Harold Edmund StearnsTag: equality civilization america individualism repression intellectualism distinction traditions lost-generation conventions second-rate standardisation
What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: character names reputation regard distinction richelle richelle-goodrich repute
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