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«We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.»
Author: Jose Ortega y Gasset
| Keywords:
common man, demands, distinguish, excellent, former, latter
«There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
excelled, excellent, excelling, excels, excel at
«There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Beauty
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excellent, proportion, proportioned, strangeness
«The most excellent jihad (struggle) is that for the conquest of self»
«Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
| About:
Religion
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common, common people, excellent, keeping, keep quiet, My Stuff, quiet, stuff
«There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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appreciates, excellent, good and, intelligence, kinds, The Second, The Third, thing in itself, third, understands, useless
«No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.»
«Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.»
«O excellent! I love long life better than figs.»
«O! it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.»
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