A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
原则
Principles
Obey the principles without being bound by them.
遵守原则而不受其约束。
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
重要原则可能而且必须是不灵活的。
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!
我们个人也许会失败，但我们的原则永远不会失败!
There is no arguing with one who denies first principles.
否认首要原则的人是无可争辩的。
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
原则没有真正的力量，除非你吃得很饱。
The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.
真正艺术的原则不是描绘，而是唤起。
Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.
支配幸福的永恒原则平等地适用于所有人。
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
通过否定科学原理，人们可以维持任何悖论。
I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.
我有原则，我不会被迫妥协。
To my horror principles have wormed their way into fabric of my being.
令我恐惧的是，原则已经慢慢渗透进了我的生活。
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
一个人通常对金钱比对原则更谨慎。
The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny.
喜剧的原则就是喜剧的原则。我能听到有趣的声音。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
我反对自由主义的理由是，自由主义是把最高层次的哲学思想而不是政治原则引入到生活的实际事务中去。
I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
我认为我的原则不会改变。我认为，你将这些原则应用于现代社会的方式发生了变化。
We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
我们在实践中学习。无论是通过练习舞蹈来学习舞蹈，还是通过练习生活来学习生活，原则都是一样的。一个人在某些方面成为神的运动员。
The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles.
小贩们在互相放弃原则的基础上把他们召集到一起。
It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
有原则固然好，但在钱的问题上你必须灵活。
All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.
灵魂中所有黑暗、邪恶的激情都被激发和发挥出来;它温和可亲的感情被压抑了;有了他们，高尚的原则就会被推翻。