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- The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. — Honore de Balzac
- Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- ...it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor. — Samuel Johnson
- All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would… — Samuel Johnson
- At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and… — Brooke Shields
- We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The depth of any story is proportionate to the protagonist's commitment to their goal, the complexity of the problem, and the grace… — Steve House
- I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism,… — Thomas Merton
- By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid… — Bhikkhu Bodhi
- In a world where inequality of ability is inevitable, anarchists do not sanction any attempt to produce equality by artificial or authoritarian… — Laurance Labadie
- The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever… — Scott Turow
- When a language begins to teem with books, it is tending to refinement; as those who undertake to teach others must have… — Samuel Johnson