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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
Compromise
George Herbert

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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile -- hoping it will eat him last.
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Winston Churchill

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Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.
Compromise
Gunther Grass

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Better bend than break.
Compromise
Scottish Proverb

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If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
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Nikita Khrushchev

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If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
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Benjamin Disraeli

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It is the weak man who urges compromise -- never the strong man.
Compromise
Elbert Hubbard

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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Compromise
Samuel Johnson

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Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.
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Howard Hughes

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The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
Compromise
Arthur Bloch

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The English never draw a line without blurring it.
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Winston Churchill

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The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Compromise
Charles Swindoll

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