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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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Bradford Dillman sounded like a distinguished, phony theatrical name, so I kept it.
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Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
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Death must be distinguished from dying, with which it is often confused.
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He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
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In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.
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It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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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.
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Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.
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Man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.
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Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.
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