“ Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards. ”
- William Whewell- Copy
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“ An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. ”
- John Locke- Copy
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“ Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon. ”
- Saskya Pandita- Copy
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“ Those who fear what they should not, and who do not fear what they shouldgo the downward path. ”
- The Dhammapada- Copy
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“ The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ The tendency of human nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. All people have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downwards. Now, by striking water and causing it to leap up, you may make it go over your forehead, and, by damming and leading it, you may force it up a hill; — but are such movements according to the nature of water? It is just the force applied that causes them… ”
- Mencius- Copy
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“ To "know your place" is a good idea in politics. That is not to say "stay in your place" or "hang on to your place," because ambition or boredom may dictate upward or downward mobility, but a sense of place — a feel for one's own position in the control room — is useful in gauging what you should try to do. ”
- William Safire- Copy
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“ It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and higher with the advancing years, and that, too, with surprising strides. Brain-work comes as easily to the old as physical exertion to the child. One is moving, it is true, towards the end of life, but that end is now a goal, and not a reef in which the vessel may be dashed. ”
- George Sand- Copy
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“ The President's handling of the war has been a toxic mix of ignorance, arrogance, and stubborn ideology. No amount of Presidential rhetoric or preposterous campaign spin can conceal the truth about the steady downward spiral in our national security since President Bush made the decision to go to war in Iraq. ”
- Edward Kennedy- Copy
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“ Remember! Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend. ”
- Endicott Peabody- Copy
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