Quotes of Proportionate - somelinesforyou

“ The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more. ”

- Charles Caleb Colton

“ The TRUTH: It may not lead you to where you thought you were going, but it will always lead you somewhere better. When ignored, it will eventually show itself. The closeness of your relationships is directly proportional to the degree to which you have revealed the truth about yourself… ”

- Unknown

“ I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me. ”

- Sir Walter Raleigh

“ That which any one has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste. ”

- William Hazlitt

“ Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative. ”

- William Burroughs

“ The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ”

- William Inge

“ The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ”

- William Ralph Inge

“ I cannot help believing that both the poverty and the independence would wither under most systems of Proportional Representation (PR). ”

- Ferdinand Mount

“ The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom. ”

- Oriana Fallaci

“ Wealth... is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more. ”

- Charles Caleb Colton

“ Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. ”

- T. S. Eliot

“ The worst hatred is that of relatives. ”

- Tacitus

“ The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. ”

- Douglas Engelbart

“ Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. ”

- Michael Korda

“ Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin. ”

- Barbara Kingsolver

“ Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased. ”

- Ralph C. Smedley

“ The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will. ”

- Jan Van Ruysbroeck

“ Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense. ”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“ Labor is the curse of the world, and nobody can meddle with it without becoming proportionately brutalized. ”

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

“ I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her. ”

- Matthew

“ The TRUTH: It may not lead you to where you thought you were going, but it will always lead you somewhere better. When ignored, it will eventually show itself. The closeness of your relationships is directly proportional to the degree to which you have revealed the truth about yourself… ”

- Unknown

“ When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us. ”

- Sidney J. Harris

“ A reservoir of rage exists in each person, waiting to burst out. We fantasize about killing or humiliating our boss or the guy who took our parking space. It is only by growing up in a civilized society of law that we learn the idea of proportionate response. ”

- Rex Julian Beaber
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