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"True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise."
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"If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity."

"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be."

"Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out."

"I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent."

"But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward."

"Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away."

"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."

"When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests."

"Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise."
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"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

"Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing."

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."

"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."

"Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows."
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