(96 quotes found)
“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
Benjamin Franklin
“The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.”
William Blackstone
“The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.”
Dag Hammarskjold
“The sunlight flashes off your windshield,and when I look up into the small, posted mirror,I watch you diminish--my echo, my twin--and vanish around a curve in this whipof a road we can't help traveling together.”
William Collins
“Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns”
John Maurice Clark
“Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it.”
The Midrash
“Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire”
Antoine Lavoisier
“I don't think that's fair. I look at Ohio as playing very well against them. I wouldn't want to diminish their efforts.”
Bill Callahan
“With each hour that passes the likelihood of a successful outcome diminishes.”
Ben Hatfield
“Even in individuals in which we diminished the pool of the reservoir, the hidden reservoir, to levels that were essentially non-detectable ... the virus came right back within two to three weeks in essentially everyone.”
Anthony Fauci
