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There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

Quote by Charles Babbage about circumstances

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about knowledge, power, good, good luck

The thing that distinguishes them as Native Hawaiians is that Native Hawaiians were part of their racial and ethnic heritage.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about things

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

Quote by William Godwin about gifts, earth, reason, man

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about cowardice, ability, imagination

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about end, man, life

What distinguishes libertarianism from other views of political morality is principally its theory of enforceable obligations.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about politics, morality

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.

Quote by Witold Gombrowicz about humor

We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.

Quote by Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre about people, vulgarity

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.

Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about opinion, genius, children

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Quote by Steve Jobs about innovation

Please God, give me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, courage to change what I can and the wisdom to distinguish these two things! RightWords translation

Quote by Mirel Brates about pray, astrology, change, things, courage, wisdom, god

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle about perseverance, obstacles, soul, things