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The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts: the less you know the hotter you get.
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Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.
william ralph inge— "Our Present Discontents" (August 1919) in Outspoken Essays (1919), p. 2
Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.
— William Ralph Inge, in "Our Present Discontents" (August 1919) in Outspoken Essays (1919), p. 2.
The quality of moral behaviour varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.
— 1941Grey Eminence, ch.10.
The song of canaries Never varies, And when they're moulting They're pretty revolting.
— 1931Free Wheeling,'The Canary'.
It isnot to be understood that the natural price of labour, estimated even in food and necessaries, is absolutely fixed and constant.It varies at different times in thesame countryand very materially differs in different countries. It essentially depends on the habits and customs of the people.
David Ricardo— 1817 Principles of Political Economy andTaxation.
While the broad principles of democracy are universal, the fact remains that their application varies considerably ... We are at the beginning of the road, at the very beginning. We still have a long way to go.
boutros boutros-ghali— Quoted in "Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The world is his oyster" by Gamal Nkrumah in Al-Ahram weekly No. 777 (10 - 18 January 2006)
The moon is not kept in her orbit round the earth, nor the earth in her orbit round the sun, by a force that varies merely in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distances.
thomas malthus— Chapter XIII, paragraph 2, lines 19-22
Per varies usus artem experientia fecit,Exemplo monstrante viam.
marcus manilius— By several proofs experience art has made,Example being guide.
— Variant: Experience, after many trials, perfected the art, example showing the way.
— I, 61.
Variation does not mean evolution. If an artist varies his mode of expression this only means that he has changed his manner of thinking, and in changing, it might be for the better or it might be for the worse.
pablo picasso— p. 391 ("Picasso Speaks," 1923)
How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at all, implies an ethical absolute. A person whose idea of what is proper varies from day to day can be admired for his broadmindedness, but not for his virtue.
— Ch. 29 (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974))
My opinion of my whole experience varies from time to time. In broad daylight, and at most seasons I am apt to think the greater part of it a mere dream; but sometimes in the autumn, about two in the morning when winds and animals howl dismally, there comes from inconceivable depths below a damnable suggestions of rhythmical throbbing ... and I feel that the transition of Juan Romero was a terrible one indeed.
h. p. lovecraft— "The Transition of Juan Romero" - Written 16 Sep 1919; first published in Marginalia (1944)
The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get.
bertrand russell— Attributed to Russell in Distilled Wisdom (1964) by Alfred Armand Montapert, p. 145.
Suggestibility varies as the amount of disaggregation, and inversely as the unification of consciousness.
boris sidis— The Psychology of Suggestion: a Research into the Subconscious Nature of Man and Society (1889), p. 90
For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods.
vitruvius— Chapter VIII, Sec. 6
As the mental endowment of a man varies with the organisation of his accumulated experiences, the better endowed he is, the more readily will he be able to remember his whole past, everything that he has ever thought or heard, seen or done, perceived or felt, the more completely in fact will he be able to reproduce his whole life. Universal remembrance of all its experiences, therefore, is the surest, most general, and most easily proved mark of a genius.
otto weininger— pp. 114-115
How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at all, implies an ethical absolute. A person whose idea of what is proper varies from day to day can be admired for his broadmindedness, but not for his virtue.
— Robert M. Pirsig, in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29
How Instinct varies in the grov'ling swine.
Alexander Pope— Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (1733-34), Epistle I, line 221.
The moon is not kept in her orbit round the earth, nor the earth in her orbit round the sun, by a force that varies merely in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distances.
— Chapter XIII, paragraph 2, lines 19-22
I cannot agree that the doctrines of this Court are to be changed with every succeeding Judge. Nothing would inflict on me greater pain in quitting this place, than the recollection that I had done anything to justify the reproach that the equity of this Court varies like the Chancellor's foot.
— Eldon, L.C., Gee v. Pritchard (1818), 2 Swanston, 414.
Advancement of the human factor in industry... varies so much that unless we use measurement and abide by the results, there is no possibility of repeating the process accurately and efficiently at will, or of predicting and controlling the future conditions that assure that advancement.
— Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. Measurement of the human factor in industry (1917) p. 3
Advancement of the human factor in industry... varies so much that unless we use measurement and abide by the results, there is no possibility of repeating the process accurately and efficiently at will, or of predicting and controlling the future conditions that assure that advancement.
— Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. Measurement of the human factor in industry (1917) p. 3
Suggestibility varies as the amount of disaggregation, and inversely as the unification of consciousness.
boris sidis— Boris Sidis, The Psychology of Suggestion: a Research into the Subconscious Nature of Man and Society (1889), p. 90
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Paul Sweeney— Irish economist and author
Per varies usus artem experientia fecit, Exemplo monstrante viam.
— By several proofs experience art has made,
Example being guide.
— Variant: Experience, after many trials, perfected the art, example showing the way.
— I, 61.
All Societies that maintain armies maintain the belief that some things are more valuable than life itself. Just what is so valued varies.
— Michael Billig, in Banal Nationalism (1995) Introduction
For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods.
— Chapter VIII, Sec. 6 (Book IV)
Hendrix had conjured – with his vision and sense of sound, his personality and genius – the most extraordinary guitar music ever played, the most remarkable sound-scape ever created; of that there is little argument. Opinion varies only over the effect his music has on people: elation, fear, sexual stimulation, sublimation, disgust – all or none of these – but always drop-jawed amazement.
— Ed Vulliamy, in "Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'" in The Guardian (8 August 2010)
How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at all, implies an ethical absolute. A person whose idea of what is proper varies from day to day can be admired for his broadmindedness, but not for his virtue.
— Robert M. Pirsig, in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29
