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Quotations
 | No-one is equal to anything. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days. — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 13 likes |
 | There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 10 likes |
 | The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected. — Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer 8 likes |
 | But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 8 likes |
 | The only difference between a madman and me is that I am not mad. — Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter 6 likes |
 | The modernistic thirst for originality makes the mediocre artist believe that the secret of originality consists simply in being different. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 6 likes |
| Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 5 likes |
 | I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 4 likes |
 | Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 4 likes |
 | The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. — Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet 4 likes |
 | I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad. — Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969] 4 likes |
 | I may be no better, but at least I am different. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 4 likes |
 | If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. — John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963] 3 likes |
 | Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 3 likes |
 | There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 3 likes |
 | You cannot trust the interests of any class entirely to another class; and you cannot trust the interests of any sex to another sex. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 3 likes |
 | We boil at different degrees. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | The only real difference between one organization and another is the performance of its people. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| The only thing we know about the future is that it is going to be different. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
 | What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 2 likes |
 | It takes all kinds of people to make up a world. 2 likes |
 | In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. |
 | Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. |
 | There's nothing good about being ordinary. People don't respect you for it. People run after people who are different, who have confidence in their own taste, who don't run with the herd. There is nothing gained by giving in to the pressures of group vulgarity. |
 | All people are different. That's why everybody should be treated the same. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign. |
 | From childhood’s hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone. |
| The contemporary anthropologist, under progressives’ severe gaze, skips quickly over ethnic differences like over hot coals. |
Latin Quotes
 | There are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own view. Quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos. — Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright 94 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The best defense is not to be like your enemy. Άριστος τρόπος του αμυνεσθαι το μη εξομοιούσθαι. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VI, 6 11 likes |
 | Each man delights in the work that suits him best. Άλλοις γαρ τ’ άλλοισιν ανήρ επιτέρπεται έργοις. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey XIV 7 likes |
 | Goodness and truth are the same for all men. But what is pleasant is different from man to man. Ανθρώποις πάσι ταυτό αγαθόν και αληθές. Ηδύ δε άλλω άλλο. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
 | As the men’s nature differ, so do their ways. Διάφοροι δε φύσεις βροτών, διάφοροι δε τρόποι. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Iphigeneia at Aulis 4 likes |
Proverbs
 | Long live the difference. Vive la différence! (between the sexes, or any other difference) 4 likes |
