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Principled Quotes (page 31)

But the Lacedaemonians, who make it their first principle of action to serve their country's interest, know not any thing to be just or unjust by any measure but that. Plutarch
If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous. Blaise Pascal
If some people see angels where others only see empty space, let them paint the angels; only let not anybody else think they can paint an angel too, on any calculated principles of the angelic. John Ruskin
No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing. Albert Camus
Loren Eiseley quote: "To have dragons one must have change; that is the first..."
To have dragons one must have change; that is the first principle of dragon lore. Loren Eiseley
I repose in this quiet and secluded spot, not from any natural preference for solitude, but finding other cemeteries limited as to race, by charter rules, I have chosen this that I might illustrate in my death the principles which I advocated through a long life, equality of man before his Creator. Thaddeus Stevens
John Adams quote: "Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone."
Always stand on principle....even if you stand alone. John Adams
Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington
So Father Ring went off in the lofty mood of a man who has defended a principle at a great sacrifice to himself, but that very night he began to brood and he continued to brood till that sickly looking voluptuary of a ten-shilling note took on all the radiance and charm of a virgin of seventeen. Frank O'Connor
William Blake quote: "Enthusiastic admiration is the first principle of knowledge..."
Enthusiastic admiration is the first principle of knowledge and the last William Blake
Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry. John Dewey
he was fascinated by the mid-western/middle American phenomenon of recombinant cuisine. Rice Krispie Treats being a prototypical example in that they were made by repurposing other foods that had already been prepared (to wit, breakfast cereal and marshmallows). And of course, any recipe that called for a can of cream of mushroom soup fell into the same category. The unifying principle behind all recombinant cuisine seemed to be indifference, if not outright hostility, to the use of anything... Neal Stephenson
For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world. He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere.(on commenting the text of Genesis 1:6) John Calvin
Confucius quote: "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Confucius
Horace Greeley quote: "The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom."
The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom. Horace Greeley

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