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No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right:
I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,
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Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right:
I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,
Not weak of soul.--I will but hold in sight
Thy marvelous beauty.--Here is
She you seek!
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Believing in our goals to the point of acting upon them as though they are real already is the ultimate read more
Believing in our goals to the point of acting upon them as though they are real already is the ultimate test of our faith and faithfulness -- and the ultimate trigger for their realization when the time is right.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their read more
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.
