#proportion

Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. ↗

— Will Rogers

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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. ↗

— W. H. Auden

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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other. ↗

— George H. Mead

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The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself. ↗

— John F. Kerry

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And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad. ↗

— John Rowland

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There's evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry. ↗

— Mark Rydell

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While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

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