#proportion

Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#armaments #been #countries #curtailed #disarmed

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. ↗

— Will Rogers

#hurts #proportion #remark #truth

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#firm #flesh #grows #my own #own

Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#completely #gets #god #i #i think

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#between #desires #enjoyments #every #every man

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself. ↗

— John F. Kerry

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I have done a lot of things outside of Science Fiction, but there has been an almost disproportionate amount of that genre in my body of work. I don't know what to make of it. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#amount #been #body #disproportionate #done

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad. ↗

— John Rowland

#also #ask #bad #forgiveness #good

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#rarely #reputation #virtue

I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

#how #i #i am #obsessed #perceived