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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way. ↗

— John Hutton

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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. ↗

— Paul Bert

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Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand. ↗

— Craig Bruce

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When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a conflict of awesome proportions was inevitable. ↗

— Rene Cassin

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We die in proportion to the words we fling around us. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast. ↗

— Peter Cooper

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Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted. ↗

— Ray Dalio

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Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

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