Mark Twain: Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. — Mark Twain

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been. — Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain
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Newton and Locke are examples of the deep sagacity which may be acquired by long — Isaac Newton
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Socrates was ennobled by the hemlock draught. Wrench from Cato's hand his sword, — Seneca
He that I am reading seems always to have the most force. — Michel de Montaigne
Aliquando enim et vivere fortiter facere est — Seneca
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is n — Ralph Waldo Emerson
...love is exception-making. — Gail Wynand