Proportioned Quotes

33 quotes by 29 authors

When I was 15-years-old, I took off my clothes and looked in the mirror. When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him. — Thomas Jefferson
The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these make up the nature of this body, and through these… — Hippocrates
It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness… — Alexander Hamilton
The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the… — Alexander Hamilton
Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual. — Thomas Jefferson
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy… — Seneca the Younger
Your goal should be to take your body and make it as healthy, strong, flexible and well-proportioned as you can. — Jane Fonda
Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true… — Plato
Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes,… — Herbert Spencer
Have you never seen a strange unconnected deformed representation of a figure, which seen in another point of view, became proportioned and agreeable? It is… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it. — Benjamin Cardozo
BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given. — Ambrose Bierce
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. — Charles de Saint-Evremond
[Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not… — George Berkeley
Weigh down your curtains with a proper 5-inch hem. It makes them much more proportioned and professional-looking. — Emily Henderson
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to… — Lord Chesterfield
We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may… — Bill McKibben

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