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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
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.
So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless faithful only he.
So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless faithful only he.
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your read more
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart
It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that read more
It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him gives me a sort of right to do it.
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.]
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.
To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.