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Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true read more
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true as steel.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
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
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
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.
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.
Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.
