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«Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.»
Author: George Washington
(President)
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afflictions, distress, feel for, give in, in proportion to, proportion, purse, pursed, purses
«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)
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clarity, in proportion to, manifest, polished, polishes, polishing, proportion, The Unseen, unseen
«Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender»
«Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.»
Author: Daniel Webster
(Orator, Senator, Statesman)
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Liberty
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in proportion to, wholesome
«For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
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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)
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afford, afforded, affording, alone, in proportion to, let alone, Let Me Alone, numb, number, proportion, proportioned, rich, rich in
«If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself, or even less, in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct; and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(Architect, Engineer, Painter, Sculptor)
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accompanied, accompanying, alone, belong, companion, conduct, conducts, deeply, entirely, fall, half, in proportion to, less, plight, plighted, proportion, proportioned, thoughtlessness