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Prosperity is the best protector of principle. — Mark Twain · 1897Be good and you will be lonesome. — Mark Twain · 1897Comedy (play)1 quote
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1921Comedy drama1 quote
Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here; you just have to see them again! — Jefferson Smith · 1939Comedy drama (film)1 quote
Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here; you just have to see them again! — Jefferson Smith · 1939Crime1 quote
A man got to have a code. — Omar Little · 2006Crime (TV)1 quote
A man got to have a code. — Omar Little · 2006Drama1 quote
A man got to have a code. — Omar Little · 2006Drama (TV)1 quote
A man got to have a code. — Omar Little · 2006Horror1 quote
Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you? — Jack Torrance · 1980Horror (film)1 quote
Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you? — Jack Torrance · 1980Political1 quote
Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here; you just have to see them again! — Jefferson Smith · 1939Political (film)1 quote
Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here; you just have to see them again! — Jefferson Smith · 1939Political speech1 quote
Important principles may and must be inflexible. — Abraham Lincoln · 1865Psychological horror1 quote
Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you? — Jack Torrance · 1980Psychological horror (film)1 quote
Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you? — Jack Torrance · 1980