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The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ↗

— Bruce Feirstein

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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

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Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each used for a particular purpose at a particular time. ↗

— Benjamin Hoff

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Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

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The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little. ↗

— William R. Alger

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The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions. ↗

— Junius

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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

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It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it. ↗

— Orlando Gibbons

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Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

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