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If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
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.
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
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.
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.
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come read more
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.
