#principles

The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness. ↗

— Harry Harrison

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Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more. ↗

— William Henry Harrison

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This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

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If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

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Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out. ↗

— David Horowitz

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When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty. ↗

— Charles Evans Hughes

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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou. ↗

— Akhenaton

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The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. ↗

— George Berkeley

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Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover. ↗

— Giotto di Bondone

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