Proportion Quotes

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A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it. — William Penn
Love is the invention of a few high cultures ... it is cultural artifact. To make love the requirement of a lifelong marriage is exceedingly… — Margaret Mead
Sometimes in life we blow things out of proportion because proportion is so dull. — Robert Breault
I sincerely believe that no problem is bigger than man, and problems are blown out of proportion by man himself. — Kajol
Every Age has its own peculiar faith. Any attempt to translate into facts the mission of one Age with the machinery of another, can only… — Giuseppe Mazzini
In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given. — George MacDonald
It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from each microscopic duty,… — William McFee
Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers. — Lord Chesterfield
Constancy has nothing virtuous in itself, independently of the pleasure it confers, and partakes of the temporizing spirit of vice in proportion as it endures… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu
We love women in proportion to their degree of strangeness to us. — Charles Baudelaire
One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within… — Konrad Lorenz
At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom. — Calvin Trillin
The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the… — John Jay Chapman
You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the… — Sarah Bernhardt
My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a… — Johann Sebastian Bach
The secret of great cathedrals is that their proportions conform to cosmic laws, 'shaping' people who spend time in them. — Theodor Schwenk
I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion. — Bruce Oldfield
There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special things happen. Ireland, for example. I've always felt it's… — Ed O'Brien
The Jews cannot be classed as a 'race' per se, they are an ethnic group. '...the Jews form an ethnic group; that like all ethnic… — Carleton S. Coon

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