Famous quotes containing the words replace, elevated and/or portion:
“Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“‘Tis said that courage is common, but the immense esteem in which it is held proves it to be rare. Animal resistance, the instinct of the male animal when cornered, is no doubt common; but the pure article, courage with eyes, courage with conduct, self-possession at the cannon’s mouth, cheerfulness in lonely adherence to the right, is the endowment of elevated characters.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of all being-good.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)