Enlargement Quotes
More Enlargement Quotes
Everyquotation contributessomething tothestabilityor enlargement of the language.
— 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language, preface.
The goal of terror is not traditional territorial enlargement; rather the war target of the terrorist is the dismemberment of the will of the community it terrorizes.
john ashcroft— p. 285 (Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006))
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore equally destructive to happiness with the diminution of possession, and he that teaches another to long for what he never shall obtain is no less an enemy to his quiet than if he had robbed him of part of his patrimony.
samuel johnson— No. 163 (8 October 1751).
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
samuel johnson— Preface
To view an object in the proper light we must stand away from it. The study of the classical literatures gives the aloofness which cultivates insight. In learning to live with peoples and civilizations that have long ceased to be alive, we gain a vantage point, acquire an enlargement and elevation of thought, which enable us to study with a more impartial and liberal mind the condition of the society around us.
john lancaster spalding— p. 106 (Aphorisms and Reflections (1901))
For the eye is always in search of beauty, and if we do not gratify its desire for pleasure by a proportionate enlargement in these measures, and thus make compensation for ocular deception, a clumsy and awkward appearance will be presented to the beholder.
vitruvius— Chapter III, Sec. 13
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
— Samuel Johnson, Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
