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    In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.

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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Balance Quotes,
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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.

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Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only read more

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or very foolish imagine otherwise

by George Orwell Found in: Balance Quotes,
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Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what read more

Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

by Peter Latham Found in: Balance Quotes,
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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter read more

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

by Henri Matisse Found in: Balance Quotes,
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Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence read more

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

by Julia Ward Howe Found in: Balance Quotes,
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Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need read more

Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.

by Jessye Norman Found in: Balance Quotes,
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The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

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I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that read more

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

by Jimmy Carter Found in: Balance Quotes,
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