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Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he read more
Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious read more
It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions.
Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
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.
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the read more
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come read more
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.
You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.
You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.