“True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is.” MadeNumbersInfluenceModernWeightSheerModern Life Book:TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE Source: TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE
“A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.” MenMadePoliticsPowerPersonalityAuthorityWeightAccountsPublic Life Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Gold and Silver have been the predominant currency for 4,500 years, but they became money in Lydia, in about 680 B.C. When they were minted into coins of equal weight in order to make trade easier and smoother. But it was when coinage first made its appearance in Athens that it truly flourished.” YearsFirstsHas BeensMadeOrderEasierEqualGoldWeightTradeAppearanceSilverCurrencyCoinsAthensGold And Silver Author:Michael Maloney
“For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement's voice.” MadeActionCoursesVoiceMovementMassGainsWeightDuesMomentumTangibleSmall Actions Author:Adam Braun
“An intelligent man said that the world felt Napoleon as a weight, and that when he died it would give a great oof of relief. This is just as true of Byron, or of such Byrons of their days as Kipling and Hemingway: after a generation or two the world is tired of being their pedestal, shakes them of with an oof, and then - hoisting onto its back a new world-figure - feels the penetrating satisfaction of having made a mistake all its own.” MenWorldGivingFeelsMadeSaidTwoFeltMistakeGenerationsFiguresWeightDiedIntelligentTiredSatisfactionShakesReliefNew WorldMade A MistakePedestalIntelligent ManByronKipling Author:Randall Jarrell
“The Sunflow'r, thinking 'twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t' excuse the blame; It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.” ThinkingMadeSaidSleepWeightShameBlameExcuseFoulDaylightNapsSunflower Author:Abraham Cowley