#principles

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. ↗

— Eustace Budgell

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I don't believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#convictions #i #outsource #people #principles

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

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I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. ↗

— Gustave Courbet

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There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles. ↗

— Stephen Covey

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If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of wave theory, to select for the test arrangement far smaller decisive dimensions than those employed in corresponding tests with visible light. ↗

— Max von Laue

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Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places. ↗

— A.C. Grayling

#principles #reason #age

This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us. ↗

— Marc Forne Molne

#follow #great #inspire #long #must

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities. ↗

— Ben Nelson

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To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought. ↗

— Walter Pater

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