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Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
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.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
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.
'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.
