Proportion Quotes
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Fortunately, though she was hungry, she didn't mind missing a meal. Life was full of meals. They took up an enormous proportion of one's time.
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You become uneasy with people in direct proportion to how many lies you have to keep track of in their presence.
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Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.
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Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
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The idea of putting old Browborough into prison for conduct which habit had made second nature to a large proportion of the House was distressing to Members of Parliament generally.
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...a writer's works, like the water in an artesian well, mount to a height which is in proportion to the depth to which suffering has penetrated his soul.
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Because it's an adventure out of all proportion. You have to devote all your strength to it and it's never enough.
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Curiously enough, the Sublime is generally achieved through want of proportion.
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Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.
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When diving to attack always leave a proportion of your formation above to act as top guard.
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The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
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All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary supports, in the same way that it includes chiaroscuro, proportion, and perspective.
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Take care of yourselves physically. Guard your health carefully. It is one of our greatest blessings. I especially encourage some type of exercise program so you can stay physically fit and physically capable in proportion to the demands on your body.
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Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear.
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Whatever you accomplish in a lifetime will be in direct proportion to the intensity and persistence of your faith.
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Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
