Famous quotes containing the words special and/or principle:
“A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.”
—Gaston Bachelard (18841962)
“On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)