Diminution Quotes

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The diminution of the reality of class, however socially desirable in many respects, seems to have the practical effect of diminishing our ability to see… — Lionel Trilling
Faith does not increase, nor does it decrease; because a diminution in it would be unbelief. — Abu Hanifa
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore equally destructive to… — Samuel Johnson
College football is a game which would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the… — H. L. Mencken
The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats… — Leonardo da Vinci
The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor… — Groucho Marx
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. — Herbert Spencer
There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is… — Philip K. Dick
You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step… — Bertrand Russell
The love of God is like himself â€“ equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves â€“ unequal, increasing, waning,… — John Owen
The road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work. — Bertrand Russell
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality. — Benjamin Jowett
Personally, I do not believe that we shall have greater armaments in the future than we have had in the past. On the contrary, I… — William Watson
If the quantity of labour realized in commodities, regulate their exchangeable value, every increase of the quantity of labour must augment the value of that… — David Ricardo
Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy… — Andrew Jackson
Sin seen from the thought, is a diminution or less: seen from the conscience or will, itis pravity or bad. The intellectnames it shade, absence… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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