1 Immense combined propulsions direct human affairs and conduct them within a given time to a logical state, that is to say, to a state of equilibrium; that is to say, to equity.
Les Misérables (V4) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE 2 It was social elements entering into strife, while awaiting the day when they should enter into equilibrium.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER 3 I tottered, and on regaining my equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair.
4 Selden knew, however, that he could not long keep such violences in equilibrium; and he promised to meet Dorset, the next morning, at an hotel in Monte Carlo.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 3 5 Dr. Seward is loved not only by his household and his friends, but even by his patients, who, being some of them hardly in mental equilibrium, are apt to distort causes and effects.
6 And were it possible to maintain things in this equilibrium, I veritably believe that herein would be found the true form of political life, and the true tranquility of a republic.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI.