“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”
Confucius
“Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges,”
Plutarch
“The Distinguished Flying Cross along with assorted other awards are displayed in my den as a reminder that the godless, murdering degenerates in Washington, D.C. recognize and appreciate talent when they see it.”
Bobby W. Miller
“They obviously feel that, to emerge from the pack, they need to distinguish themselves by being more willing to do that than anyone else. It's not about the roles they aspire to -- it's that they have to sexualize themselves.”
Meryl Streep
“Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.”
William Osler
“We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.”
Voltaire