#shrinks

To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks. ↗

— Irving R. Kaufman

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The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror. ↗

— Sonya Levien

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ↗

— Anais Nin

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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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