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«Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in.»
«Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.»
Author: Ernest Hemingway
| About:
Death and dying,
Fear,
Wealth
| Keywords:
exact, exacted, exacting, exacts, increase, increases, proportion, wealth
«Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more - more unseen forms become manifest to him.»
Author: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
(Mystic, Poet)
| Keywords:
clarity, in proportion to, manifest, polished, polishes, polishing, proportion, The Unseen, unseen
«A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.»
Author: Thomas Kempis
| About:
Religion
| Keywords:
distracted, distracting, distracts, draws, draw in, draw up, hindered, hindering, How to draw, i drew, outward, proportion, proportioned
«A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth»
«For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
civilized, in proportion to, proportion, readiness, willingness
«A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
afford, afforded, affording, alone, in proportion to, let alone, Let Me Alone, numb, number, proportion, proportioned, rich, rich in
«Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.»
«Governments are republican only in proportion as they employ the will of the people and execute it»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
employ, execute, governments, proportion, Republican
«An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
| About:
Passion
| Keywords:
accomplished, coquette, coquettes, excites, proportion, The Passions
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