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Eminence Quotes

Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence Picture Quote #1

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right Picture Quote #1

If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence Picture Quote #1

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less Picture Quote #1

How apt nature is, even in those who profess an eminence in holiness, to raise and maintain animosities against those whose calling or person they pretend to find cause to dislike! Picture Quote #1

Biography, especially of the great and good, who have risen by their own exertions to eminence and usefulness, is an inspiring and ennobling study. Its direct tendency is to reproduce the excellence it records Picture Quote #1

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That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age refuses, and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy will be at last bestowed by time Picture Quote #1

The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very small number; and the life of the greater part of mankind must be lost in empty wishes and painful comparisons, were not the balm of philosophy shed upon us, and our discontent at the appearances of unequal distribution soothed and appeased Picture Quote #1

The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than the woman. Whether deep thought, reason, or imagination or merely the use of the senses and hands... We may also infer... The average mental power in man must be above that of woman Picture Quote #1

That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar; since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment Picture Quote #1

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares Picture Quote #1

In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk Picture Quote #1

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False is the praise which says that men’s eminence comes from their noble qualities; for the people of this world as a rule do not care about a man’s true nature Picture Quote #1

The Land of Israel will be small, but the people of Israel will make it great. Not in opulence, but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society Picture Quote #1

Real merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the success of the false is temporary, that of the true, immortal Picture Quote #1

By the 40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the 50s, he’s the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood’s gray eminence Picture Quote #1

A more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality Picture Quote #1

What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they? Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps the rhinos and she-crocodiles whose gyrations between Mortimer’s and East Hampton gives us our vision of social eminence today are content to entrust their faces to Andy Warhol’s mingily cosmetic Polaroidising, but one would bet they would rather go to Sargent Picture Quote #1

Whoever is humble to men for God’s sake, may God exalt his eminence Picture Quote #1

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning Picture Quote #1

Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually Picture Quote #1

Those people who are always improving never become great. Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man must seize on at once by natural boldness and vigor, and not by patient, wary steps Picture Quote #1

Whoever rises above those who once pleased themselves with equality, will have many malevolent gazers at his eminence Picture Quote #1

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I do not find illness an eminence, and I do not understand how people can use it to draw attention to themselves since the attention they draw is nearly always reluctantly given and unpleasantly carried out Picture Quote #1

No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it’s his own Picture Quote #1

If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve Picture Quote #1

It has never occurred to me to wish for empire or royalty, nor for the eminence of those high and commanding fortunes. My aim lies not in that direction; I love myself too well Picture Quote #1

There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals Picture Quote #1

I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the timidity of the traveler Picture Quote #1

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Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence (Eminence Quotes) The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right (Eminence Quotes) If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence (Eminence Quotes) A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less (Eminence Quotes) How apt nature is, even in those who profess an eminence in holiness, to raise and maintain animosities against those whose calling or person they pretend to find cause to dislike! (Eminence Quotes) Biography, especially of the great and good, who have risen by their own exertions to eminence and usefulness, is an inspiring and ennobling study. Its direct tendency is to reproduce the excellence it records (Eminence Quotes) That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age refuses, and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy will be at last bestowed by time (Eminence Quotes) The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very small number; and the life of the greater part of mankind must be lost in empty wishes and painful comparisons, were not the balm of philosophy shed upon us, and our discontent at the appearances of unequal distribution soothed and appeased (Eminence Quotes) The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than the woman. Whether deep thought, reason, or imagination or merely the use of the senses and hands... We may also infer... The average mental power in man must be above that of woman (Eminence Quotes) That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar; since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment (Eminence Quotes) A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares (Eminence Quotes) In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk (Eminence Quotes) False is the praise which says that men’s eminence comes from their noble qualities; for the people of this world as a rule do not care about a man’s true nature (Eminence Quotes) The Land of Israel will be small, but the people of Israel will make it great. Not in opulence, but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society. (Eminence Quotes) Real merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the success of the false is temporary, that of the true, immortal (Eminence Quotes) By the 40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the 50s, he’s the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood’s gray eminence (Eminence Quotes) A more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. (Eminence Quotes) What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they? (Eminence Quotes) Perhaps the rhinos and she-crocodiles whose gyrations between Mortimer’s and East Hampton gives us our vision of social eminence today are content to entrust their faces to Andy Warhol’s mingily cosmetic Polaroidising, but one would bet they would rather go to Sargent. (Eminence Quotes) Whoever is humble to men for God’s sake, may God exalt his eminence... (Eminence Quotes) I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning (Eminence Quotes) Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually (Eminence Quotes) Those people who are always improving never become great. Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man must seize on at once by natural boldness and vigor, and not by patient, wary steps (Eminence Quotes) Whoever rises above those who once pleased themselves with equality, will have many malevolent gazers at his eminence (Eminence Quotes) I do not find illness an eminence, and I do not understand how people can use it to draw attention to themselves since the attention they draw is nearly always reluctantly given and unpleasantly carried out (Eminence Quotes) No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it’s his own (Eminence Quotes) If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve (Eminence Quotes) It has never occurred to me to wish for empire or royalty, nor for the eminence of those high and commanding fortunes. My aim lies not in that direction; I love myself too well (Eminence Quotes) There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals (Eminence Quotes) I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the timidity of the traveler (Eminence Quotes)

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