The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

原则最有用的地方是,它总是可以为权宜之计而牺牲。

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The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

成功的首要原则是欲望——知道自己想要什么。欲望是你种下的种子。

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world

所以你们要行动,使你们的行为准则,可以安全地成为全世界的法律