#proportion

Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. ↗

— Jim Harrison

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Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

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The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying. ↗

— Tom Hopkins

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It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way. ↗

— John Hutton

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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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