Increases Quotes

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The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
What will you do if your product still further increases next year? You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are now preparing to… — Ambrose
[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most… — Thomas Malthus
NCI now actually anticipates further increases, and not decreases, in cancer mortality rates, from 171/100,000 in 1984 to 175/100,000 by the year 2000! — Samuel Epstein
L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living — Oliver Goldsmith
The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore,… — Oliver Goldsmith
Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically the situation is analogous to that of people trampled to… — Bertrand Russell
The improbability of a malicious story serves but to help forward the currency of it, because it increases the scandal. So that, in such instances,… — Laurence Sterne
It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther on when the… — Vincent Van Gogh
Excellence in anything increases your potential in everything. — Joe Rogan
Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases! — Louise Colet
I like being old, even if the names I hear are more and more unfamiliar. Maybe, to paraphrase Goethe who said that, "Youth is wasted… — Wolf Kahn
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy… — Norman Vincent Peale
If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence… — Thomas Aquinas
All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government… — Will Rogers
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. — Norman Vincent Peale
In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results… — Stephen Covey
Don't condemn yourself - that only increases the hold of impurity. Accept your limitations but know that you're working towards changing them. — Frederick Lenz
When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is. — Amy Dickinson

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