Degree

Famous quotes containing the word degree:

    Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.
    HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.
    Simone Weil (1909–1943)