Eminence Quotes
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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.
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If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence.
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The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.
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Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.
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No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
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Sauces comprise the honor and glory of French cookery. They have contributed to its superiority, or pre-eminence, which is disputed by none. Sauces are the orchestration and accompaniment of a fine meal, and enable a good chef or cook to demonstrate his talent.
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I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.
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I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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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.
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But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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What may appear as a towering peak to one may seem but an ordinary eminence to another.
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Alas! It is well written, The road to eminence lies through the cheap and exceedingly uninviting eating-houses.
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Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.
