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The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
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.
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.
Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. read more
Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die.
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men read more
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.
Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure read more
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
