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We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, read more
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they read more
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the read more
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.
When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.
