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Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they read more
Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
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 have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
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.
