#proportion

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. ↗

— Paul Bert

#leave #march #modern #morality #proportion

A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles. ↗

— Thomas Sprat

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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand. ↗

— Craig Bruce

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And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good. ↗

— Ben Nighthorse Campbell

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When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a conflict of awesome proportions was inevitable. ↗

— Rene Cassin

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We die in proportion to the words we fling around us. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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