What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second their imagination and third their industry.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

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

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.

Brands must have a point of view on that purposeful engagement whether it's directed towards the environment poverty water as a resource or causes such as breast cancer or education. Merely declaring your commitment to a category or cause will not be enough the distinguish your brand sufficiently to see a return on these well-intended efforts.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Learning n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.