Principal Term

Famous quotes containing the words principal and/or term:

“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“No—is a term very frequently employed by the fair, when they mean everything else but a negative. Their yes is always yes; but their no is not always no.”
—Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. M, Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany, p. 203 (April 1803)