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Principles Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England…
- I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices.
- It is personalities not principles that move the age.
- As for modern journalism, it is not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival…
- I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
- I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
- Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way.
- Circumstances should never alter principles!
- All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
More Principles Quotes
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
- The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. — Javier Bardem
- I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have… — Drew Barrymore
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
- The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the… — John Quincy Adams