Quotes with scales

  • Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.
  • We have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.

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  • Samuel Smiles ''Where there is a will there is a way.'' is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot A fractal is a mathematical set or concrete object that is irregular or fragmented at all scales...
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Joseph Joubert Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Aesop The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley There was no corn - in the wide market-place all loathliest things, even human flesh, was sold; They weighed it in small scales - and many a face was fixed in eager horror then; his gold the miser brought; the tender maid, grown bold through hunger, bared her scorned charms in vain.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Arthur Henderson Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Angela Davis We have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Bonnie Tyler When I do a T.V. show, I hear all these artists in their dressing rooms doing scales - I've never done it because I've never had voice training. What I do to prepare is get in my car and sing along to the radio for about 20 minutes.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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