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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.
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the read more
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.
Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.
Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.
Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
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.
What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
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.
It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.
It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.
