Famous quotes containing the words required, reserve and/or ratio:
“After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Her face had the seamed reserve of the old in this country [Japan]. It was a neighborhood poignantly rich in old ladies.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)
“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 (1835–1902)
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