To compromise is to sacrifice a distant good to an immediate urgency. (Nicolás Gómez Dávila)

To compromise is to sacrifice a distant good to an immediate urgency.

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Related topics

compromise good sacrifice urgency

Related quotes

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad. View quote
Epictetus
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. View quote
Aesop
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. View quote
Socrates
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. View quote
Socrates
The Lord is the accomplishment of everything good that I think, feel and do. View quote
John of Kronstadt