Phyllis Bottome Quotes

Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

A conscientious man ought not to regard what may happen to him in this world.

… a reasonable price to pay

Politicians may do as they please, so long as they violate no rule of right, no principle of justice, no law of God; but in no world, in no order, or condition, have men the right to do wrong.

I just think there is a right way to do things, and I don't think two wrongs make a right.

This would be a great world to dance in if we didn’t have to pay the fiddler.

Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.

There's a Spanish proverb," he said, "that's always fascinated me. "Take what you want and pay for it, says God.'" "I don't believe in God," Daniel said, "but that principle seems, to me, to have a divinity of its own; a kind of blazing purity. What could be simpler, or more crucial? You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and that you will have to pay it.

Who's the best person you know. Of all the people you know personally, is there anyone who has a sense of right and wrong and lives by it? This was a sticky question because it would have to be Ranger ...but I suspected he occasionally killed people. Only bad people, of course, but still...

It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost.

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.

If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.

Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.

Then the old man's face hardened. "What about you young man?" he asked flatly. "Would you like to get what you deserve?" Jones let that question hang in the air for a moment, then sighed, shook his head, and said "Me? I surely don't want what I deserve. I'm hoping for mercy, not justice.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.

There's always got to be room for what you might call benign corruption. Nobody blames a man who steals food to feed his starving children, but on the other hand, somebody who picks up a badge and takes an oath to serve and protect; we do expect a certain level of essential honesty.