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“The Ancients, having taken into consideration the rigorous construction of the human body, elaborated all their works, as especially their holy temples, according to these proportions; for they found here the two principal figures without which no project is possible: the perfection of the circle, the principle of all regular bodies, and the equilateral square.”

Humans Two Body Found Principles Taken Figures Holy Projects Perfection Circles Proportion Consideration Temples Squares Construction Principal Human Body

Author:Luca Pacioli

“It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.”

Ifs Use Perfection Wit Clock Proportion Accurate Lively

Book:La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

“Now, as there is an infinity of possible universes in the Ideas of God, and as only one of them can exist, there must be a sufficient reason for God's choice, which determines him toward one rather than another. And this reason can be found only in the fitness, or the degrees of perfection, that these worlds contain, since each possible thing has the right to claim existence in proportion to the perfection it involves.”

World Ideas Reason Choices Universe Found Existence Degrees Perfection Claims Determine Sufficient Proportion Infinity

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal.”

Mind Produce Industry Labor Perfection Universal Productions Superiors Proportion Division Division Of Labor

Book:Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

“As it is with spiritual discoveries and affections given at first conversion, so it is in all subsequent illuminations and affections of that kind; they are all transforming. There is a like divine power and energy in them as in the first discoveries; they still reach the bottom of the heart, and affect and alter the very nature of the soul, in proportion to the degree in which they are given. And a transformation of nature is continued and carried on by them to the end of life, until it is brought to perfection in glory.”

Source: A treatise concerning religious affections. Five discourses on important subjects

“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

Source: Motivation Lombardi Style

“The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.”

People Want Ends Philosophy Wisdom Happiness Ambition Capacity Perfection Possession Proportion Virtuous Pursuit Of Happiness

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)

“Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythmia, it is essential that it mirrors these natural laws of harmony and beauty”

Ifs Body Law Natural Design Building Essentials Perfection Harmony Mirrors Proportion Architect Natural Law Symmetry

Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“Ruth and I don't have a perfect marriage, but we have a great one. How can I say two things that seem so contradictory? In a perfect marriage, everything is always the finest and best imaginable; like a Greek statue, the proportions are exact and the finish is unblemished. Who knows any human being lke that? For a marriage couple to expect perfection in each other is unrealistic.”

Knows Humans Two Wisdom Seems Human Beings Perfect Couple Perfection Greek Two Things Proportion Finest Statues Contradictory Great Ones Ruth Perfect Marriage

Author:Billy Graham