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is no less at the mercy of fortune than property.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is a thing a man is usually less careful of than he is of his money.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. Ralph Waldo Emerson

is a malleable thing. Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, well, I have others.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them. . . well, I have others. Groucho Marx

is overrated. Persons are better than principles, and persons with no principles are better still.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world. Oscar Wilde

 either held firmly to or not held at all. To give in even the slightest with regard to principles is to give them up, and to give them up is to give up one's self.

[T]o give in the slightest with regard to principles is to give them up, and to give up one's principles is to give up one's self.

is unique to every man. We would do well to judge people by their own principles, not our own.

I judge people by their own principles..not by my own

 must necessarily be ever in flux. Because things always and inevitably change, there can be no absolute formulas for living other than to live with constant discovery and constant openness to adventure in heightened awareness of living.

I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience. Martin Buber

is a ruse. When someone says 'it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

Variant: When a fellow says, It ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

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