Famous quotes containing the words open, door and/or principle:
“I not deny
The jury, passing on the prisoner’s life,
May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two
Guiltier than him they try. What’s open made to justice,
That justice seizes.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I know, although when looks meet
I tremble to the bone,
The more I leave the door unlatched
The sooner love is gone....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)