Soft-heartedness, in times like these,
Shows sof'ness in the upper story!

Soft-heartedness, in times like these,
Shows sof'ness in the upper story!

We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.
[Fr., On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere.]

We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.
[Fr., On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere.]

Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise read more

Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.

From compromise and things half done, Keep me with stern and stubborn pride; And when at read more

From compromise and things half done, Keep me with stern and stubborn pride; And when at last the fight is won, God, keep me still unsatisfied.

Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.

Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, read more

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the read more

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.

The weakest goeth to the wall.

The weakest goeth to the wall.