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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower. ↗

— Earl Warren

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Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. ↗

— George Washington

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The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Of the five House Calendars, the Private Calendar is the one to which all Private Bills are referred. Private Bills deal with specific individuals, corporations, institutions, and so forth, as distinguished from public bills which deal with classes only. ↗

— Howard Coble

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He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

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For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd. ↗

— Josh McDowell

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Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs. ↗

— Felix Klein

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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. ↗

— Sallust

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Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. ↗

— Edward Dowden

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