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«It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle»
Author: Ashley Montagu
| About:
Culture,
Equality,
Ethics
| Keywords:
biological, cultured, ethical, The Mark of
«I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.»
Author: John McEnroe
(Tennis Player)
| Keywords:
confident, player, situations, The Mark, The Mark of
«The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.»
Author: Morris K. Udall
(Congressman)
| About:
Change,
Politicians
| Keywords:
seat, The Mark, The Mark of, views
«There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Communication,
Love
| Keywords:
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«It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.»
«I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one's emotion miss the mark of either laughter or tears. Nothing more humiliating! And this for the reason that should the mark be missed, should the open display of emotion fail to move, then it must perish unavoidably in disgust or contempt.»
Author: Joseph Conrad
| Keywords:
coldness, disgust, display, humiliated, humiliating, missed, restraint, shaft, shafting, shafts, temperamental, The Mark of, unavoidably, unduly
«Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.»
Author: Norman Cousins
(Editor, Essayist)
| About:
Respect
| Keywords:
fragility, The Mark, The Mark of
«It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.»
«It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
intelligent, mark, moved, The Mark, The Mark of, truly
«The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.»
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
(Author, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
retrospect, The Mark, The Mark of
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