"Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another – too often ending in the loss of both."
― Tryon Edwards
Topic(s):
Humor
More From Tryon Edwards
- "Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven."
- "Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so."
- "We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven."
More In Humor
- "A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?"― Bob Hope
- "If a dog doesn’t put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn’t happen you are only keeping an animal."― Enid Bagnold
- "There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor."― H. L. Mencken