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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.
When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
