Noun
one of four equal parts
Source: WordNetone-quarter
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive. Sinclair Lewis
How could anybody think this man was sick? All right, so he had funny dreams. That was better than being plain mean and hateful, like about one quarter of the people she had ever met. Ursula K. Le Guin
This drawing is three quarters ball, one quarter philosopher, which might be about the right space to keep a philosopher in his place. Peter Greenaway
Six officers, belonging to privateers that were taken by the enemy, made their escape last night. They inform me they were taken by the last fleet that came in. They had about six thousand foreign troops on board, one quarter of which had the black scurvy, and died very fast. Nathanael Greene
I have a brother who's a psychologist. He says three-quarters of the world are born feeling that they will be affected by the world; one quarter are born knowing that they will affect the world. Kathleen Turner
The wind keeps not always in one quarter. German Proverb