#principle

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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To touch a sore is to renew one's grief. ↗

— Terence

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Too much liberty corrupts us all. ↗

— Terence

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We are all of us the worse for too much liberty. ↗

— Terence

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Where there's life, there's hope. ↗

— Terence

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It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled. ↗

— Paul Theroux

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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test. ↗

— Karl Kraus

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After a long, impartial enquiry of the truth, and after much and earnest calling upon God, to give unto me the spirit and revelation in the knowledge of Him, I find myself obliged, both by the principles of reason and Scripture, to embrace the opinion I now hold forth. ↗

— John Biddle

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When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don't find any conflict among them. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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