Fine Balance

Famous quotes containing the words fine and/or balance:

“It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

“Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.”
—Raoul Vaneigem (b. 1934)