Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old prestige quotes, prestige sayings, and prestige proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.W. Somerset Maugham
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Chronological prestige is tenacious: once attained, it can't be shed; it increased moment by moment, day by day, pressing its honours on you until you are lavishly, overly endowed with them. Until you literally sink under them.Shirley Hazzard
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Often times, the more power and prestige a person achieves, the more arrogant a person can become.John Ensign
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His renown has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure.Washington Irving
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.C. Wright Mills
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All the money, all the prestige in the world will never make up for the loss of your freedom. George Monbiot
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A man's renown is like the hue of grass, Which comes and goes.Dante Alighieri
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In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner.Eric Ambler
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The renown of great men should always be measured by the means which they have used to acquire it.Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.Charles De Gaulle
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Prestige and premium will also play an important role in the future. But some people define these values differently today.Norbert Reithofer
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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.Sallust
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using viagra to judge the potency of a man.Ai Weiwei
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Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.Winston Churchill
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Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I might be wrong about this.Sheila Heti
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To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a football player, an orator are often responsible for the beginning of a love affair.Andre Maurois