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Enlargement Quotes

Growth in mind, word, and policy.

Enlargement here means far more than size; one historical quote traces expansionary bank policy, while another describes a tailor who Attended meetings and felt gospel love enlarge within him.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

Quotes by Romano Prodi

The expansionary operations of the Second Bank of the United States, coupled with its laxity toward insisting on specie payment by the state banks, impelled a further inflationary expansion of state banks on top of the spectacular enlargement of the...

Quotes by Murray Rothbard

I then wrought at my trade as a tailor; carefully attended meetings for worship and discipline; and found an enlargement of gospel love in my mind, and therein a concern to visit Friends in some of the back settlements of...

Quotes by John Woolman

One superlatively important effect of wide reading is the enlargement of vocabulary which always accompanies it.

Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

Always Quotes

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

Quotes by David McCullough

To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries.

Quotes by Anna Lindh

We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.

Quotes by Anna C. Brackett

The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression.

Quotes by Andrea Bocelli

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of enlargement does the banking quote describe?
It refers to expansionary operations by an early national bank alongside looser enforcement of specie payments, describing a broader inflationary expansion across state banking practices at the time.
What does 'enlargement of gospel love' mean?
One quote, from a tailor who attended religious meetings, describes a growing sense of spiritual love and concern for others, using enlargement to mean deepening rather than physical growth.
How does enlargement relate to foreign policy in this collection?
One quote notes that foreign policy can include enlargement, referring to expanding relationships or membership with the wider world beyond a narrow diplomatic definition.
Why does reading enlarge vocabulary, according to these quotes?
One quote states plainly that wide reading always brings enlargement of vocabulary, treating exposure to varied language as a natural, near-automatic side effect of reading broadly.
Is enlargement always described as positive here?
Mostly yes, whether spiritual, linguistic, or political, enlargement is treated as meaningful growth, though the banking quote adds a more cautionary, historical tone to the word.

Foreign policy gets its own kind of enlargement too, alongside a simpler truth: wide reading always brings an enlargement of vocabulary, a point any Artist of language recognizes.