Scales Quotes - Page 2
As human beings, our only sensible scale of values is one based on lessening the agony of existence.
"Collected Essays, Volume 5: Philosophy" edited by S. T. Joshi, (p. 70), 2006.
A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.
Thomas Robert Malthus (1820). “Principles of Political Economy Considered with a View to Their Practical Application”, p.406
Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.217, 谷月社
The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less.
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.98, Vintage
Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.75, Princeton University Press
Henrik Ibsen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Illustrated)”, p.646, Delphi Classics