#portion

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well. ↗

— Charles Van Doren

#aristotle #describe #ethics #happiness #his

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. ↗

— Douglas Engelbart

#directly proportional #embarrassment #mature #person #proportional

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

#evidence #his #man #proportions #wise

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small. ↗

— Richard Mentor Johnson

#call #cannot #citizens #deprive #exercised

I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood. ↗

— Erik Larson

#appropriate #back #help #i #i do

I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make. ↗

— Eli Whitney

#i #large #large proportion #make #only

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#honest #last-long #long-lasting #money #presist

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#original #passion #proportionate #resistance #woman

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#degree #good #ground #like #love

A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden "worthless" land now has an airport on it. ↗

— Neil Abercrombie

#because #ceded #collecting #good #land