Compromise,n. Such an

Compromise,n. Such an
Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
  

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Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.
It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.
Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.
Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.
Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.
A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
The property of power is to protect.
Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.
Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.