The recognition, therefore, of any such law of proportionality, is superseded by the more comprehensive principle, in which as much of it as is true is implicitly asserted.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
The very idea of distributive justice, or of any proportionality between success and merit, or between success and exertion, is in the present state of society so manifestly chimerical as to be relegated to the regions of romance.
"Socialism"
John Stuart Mill
The constant k is the proportionality constant and is negative when the quantity in question decreases; c is commonly positive; e 2.178....
"Manhood of Humanity."
Alfred Korzybski