Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference
VOLTAIRE All people are equal, it is not birth, it is virtue alone that makes the difference.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) If by saying that all men are born equal, you mean that they are equally born, it is true, but true ...
EUGENE EDWARDS If by saying that all men are born equal, you mean that they are equally born, it is true, but true ...
EUGENE EDWARDS It makes the statement that women are equal to men.
MARTHA BURK Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free a...
GLENN BECK Birth is nothing where virtue is not
MOLIERE For all men are equal,in order to show man that you are equal,then always do things lesser than your...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) To prove that all men are equal, rich or poor,nature has made it compulsory for all to breath the sa...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) High birth is an accident, not a virtue.
PIETRO METASTASIO Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it
GLORIA STEINEM Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue; but also (as they did not see) a school ...
C.S. LEWIS Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
BARACK OBAMA In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he ...
BERTRAND RUSSELL In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is
the man who disagr...
AYN RAND All men are equal - all men, that is, who possess umbrellas.
E.M. FORSTER All men are equal but their graces and abilities separates them and makes certain things possible fo...
KINGSLEY OPUWARI MANUEL By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
THOMAS AQUINAS By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little...
W. CLEMENT STONE There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little...
ROBERT COLLIER The idea is that the declaration said, 'All Men are Created Equal,' but still, the declaration is no...
CHRISTIAN W. OVERLAND It is not our age, but our attitude which makes a difference
FAISAL KHOSA But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having
studied nature from his youth, knows the...
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little ...
W. CLEMENT STONE Man is divided into two categories; men and supermen. Men are taught that all men are equal. Superme...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Our first job is to correct this because this is not Islam. We are going to show that women are not ...
JAMILA SHANTI For men are not equal: thus speaks justice.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society ...
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This quote...
S. G. TALLENTYRE There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The li...
W. CLEMENT STONE You are male by birth, but men by choice.
ORLANDO GOBER All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.
ANDY ROONEY Men are born equal but they are also born different.
ERICH FROMM In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. S...
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.
DAVID ALLAN COE In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are...
GEORGE BALANCHINE The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere
ANATOLE FRANCE Slavery is a sin when whites were put to the yoke, but not the African. All men are created equal, u...
COLSON WHITEHEAD Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the othe...
SAMUEL BUTLER Separate but equal is not equal, but it sure is separate.
CHRISTINA ENGELA ...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic i...
ERNST MAYR It is a testament to the enduring virtue of our democratic experiment that more than 225 years since...
RICK PERRY The main difference between men and woman is that men are lunatics and woman are idiots.
REBECCA WEST The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
REBECCA WEST Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves.The Difference lies, as far as I can see,Not in the t...
JOHN WILMOT (2ND EARL OF ROCHESTER) Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do n...
WILLIAM BLAKE There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little ...
UNKNOWN I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all me...
BENJAMIN F. WADE It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.
MICHAEL MORPURGO It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we sav...
FRANCIS BACON Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . co...
SOCRATES Is not birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, Manhood, learning, gentleness, virtue, youth, liberalit...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a...
EMILY DESCHANEL Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether...
MARVIN MINSKY Power doesn't equal worth. Wisdom is a far greater virtue.
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.
BEN CARSON I know you are a whore, but it makes no difference to me.
M.F. MOONZAJER There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and ...
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Men and women are not limited by the place of their birth, not by color of their skin, but by the si...
JOHN JOHNSON All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
H. L. MENCKEN All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN It is not enough to render things equal to the will, that they are equal or alike in themselves.
ANTHONY COLLINS It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.
ANATOLE FRANCE Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.
ELEANOR BRON Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.
ELEANOR BRON Courage is not merely a virtue; it is the virtue. Without it, there are no other virtues.
WILLIAM TEMPLE SR. It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.
MARK TWAIN Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects...
ARISTOTLE Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire (Franco...
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) There is only a little difference between a man & a woman,but that little difference makes a very bi...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the del...
EDWARD ABBEY The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation f...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.
MARK TWAIN Men and women are limited not by the place of their birth, not by the color of their skin, but by th...
JOHN JOHNSON It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races
MARK TWAIN It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
MARK TWAIN It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were eq...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that...
So, what next!?...
DEYTH BANGER This point is often missed by evangelical feminists. They conclude that a difference in function nec...
JOHN PIPER The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but t...
C.S. LEWIS It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
PAUL WILLIAM "BEAR" BRYANT It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win
that makes the difference.
COACH BEAR BRYANT It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
BEAR BRYANT It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
PAUL BRYANT It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
MARK TWAIN It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, ...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering f...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that i...
OSCAR WILDE All men are equal before fish.
HERBERT HOOVER He's tall and has a good vertical jump. But speed is the difference. Most drills are time-based dril...
CONLEY DUNCAN So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour to...
SAMUEL JOHNSON The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our sepa...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
OSCAR WILDE The rest of us have never embraced your victim mentality; we are not victims. We are people, the sam...
LORI ZIGANTO One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a diffe...
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