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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.
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 is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.
It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.
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.
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.
Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.
Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.
