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Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she read more
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.
Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.
Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, read more
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their read more
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.
