Famous quotes containing the word proportion:
“Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“... there has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.”
—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)
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