Famous quotes containing the words full, screen and/or ratio:
“Whom do we dub as Gentleman? The
Knave, the fool, the brute
If they but own full tithe of gold, and
Wear a courtly suit.”
—Eliza Cook (18181889)
“We like the chase better than the quarry.... And those who philosophize on the matter, and who think men unreasonable for spending a whole day in chasing a hare which they would not have bought, scarce know our nature. The hare in itself would not screen us from the sight of death and calamities; but the chase, which turns away our attention from these, does screen us.”
—Blaise Pascal (16231662)
“People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.”
—Samuel Butler (18351902)
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