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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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

What gets me excited is the original principle.

让我兴奋的是最初的原理。