#superior

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#being #equal #evident #far #half

It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#being #conceded #creatures #earth #earthly

The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the Chinese intelligentsia of the superiority of the European culture. ↗

— Hu Shih

#chinese #christian #convince #could #culture

Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each party has two ranks of men, on the first of which stand the superior Pieces, and on the next the eight Pawns. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#diagram #each #eight #first #having

Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art. ↗

— David Elliott

#art #born #certain #connoisseur #judge

Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#superiority #humor

Remember you don't own people, let them decide, choose and live. There is no inferiority and superiority; it is just your crazy imagination. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#superiority #imagination

Seek out your superiors and learn from them. Do not hide nor shy away from them for the sake of your pride for true pride is perceived, not in perceived skill, but in improvement. ↗

— Megan Webster

#pride #superiors #wisdom #inspirational

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule. ↗

— Samuel Adams

#authority #earth #free #his #law

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#distinguish #fiction #i #inferiority #nonfiction