"The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly……" — Friedrich Nietzsche

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• Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. — Emile M. Cioran
• Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and… — Martha Stewart
• The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy… — Eric Hoffer
• The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long… — Samuel Adams
• If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body… — Edward S. Herman
• Hunting and gathering are in my blood. But I've lived long enough to witness a diminution in the seas, and… — Tim Winton
• Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the… — Auguste Comte
• There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and… — Chris Hedges
• Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the… — Samuel Johnson
• I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately… — Bainbridge Colby
• If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of… — Robert Walpole
• Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest… — Samuel Johnson

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