How much pain a person detains may be proportionate to the pain they spare others when they'd rather hurt than hurt another. - Donna Lynn Hope
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. - Max Beerbohm
They say the level of civilization is proportionate to the degree of cleanliness of the skin. Assuming that man has a soul, it must, in all likelihood, be housed in the skin. - Kōbō Abe
The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. - Honore de Balzac
The diversity of our connections outside our particular tribe is directly proportionate to our ability to listen, learn and love. - Steve Knox