C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Compromise
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is a temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
Lowell.
C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is a temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.