Compromise Level

Famous quotes containing the words compromise and/or level:

“We need not fear excessive influence. A more generous trust is permitted. Serve the great. Stick at no humiliation. Grudge no office thou canst render. Be the limb of their body, the breath of their mouth. Compromise thy egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)