Quotes with weigh

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  • Thomas Malthus A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.
    Source: Principles of Political Economy (1836) II, I, V
    Thomas Malthus
    English cleric and scholar (1766 - 1834)
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  • James Russell Lowell Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • William Wycherley I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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  • Toni Morrison If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Alfred A. Montapert In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might.
    Alfred A. Montapert
    American writer
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  • George Macdonald It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet.
    George Macdonald
    Scottish writer (1824 - 1905)
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  • Alfred de Vigny Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?
    Alfred de Vigny
    French poet and writer (1797 - 1863)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Albert Claude No doubt, man will continue to weigh and to measure, watch himself grow, and his Universe around him and with him, according to the ever growing powers of his tools.
    Albert Claude
    Belgian-American cell biologist and doctor (1899 - 1983)
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  • Jean Baptiste Racine Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.
    Jean Baptiste Racine
    French playwright (1639 - 1699)
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  • William Shakespeare O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down and steep my senses in forgetfulness?
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Plutarch Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Francis Bacon Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Immanuel Kant Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
    Immanuel Kant
    German philosopher (1724 - 1804)
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  • Thornton Wilder The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Ahmed Ben Bella These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.
    Ahmed Ben Bella
    Algerian politician, socialist soldier and revolutionary (1916 - 2012)
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  • Benjamin Watson Amazingly, I think that a lot of times athletes are - are kind of in a position where other think they shouldn't weigh in on certain social topics.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Albert Schweitzer Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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