All 7 Uses of
principle
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- I like persons better than principles.†
Chpt 1 *
- He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.†
Chpt 3
- He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.†
Chpt 3
- She has not merely art, consummate art-instinct, in her, but she has personality also; and you have often told me that it is personalities, not principles, that move the age.†
Chpt 3
- The consequence is that he has nothing left for life but his prejudices, his principles, and his common sense.†
Chpt 3
- He sought to elaborate some new scheme of life that would have its reasoned philosophy and its ordered principles and find in the spiritualizing of the senses its highest realization.†
Chpt 9
- I do it on principle.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(principle) a basic rule or beliefThe exact meaning of principle can depend upon its context. For example:
- "our guiding principles" -- basic moral beliefs that guide decisions and behavior
- "electromagnetic principles" -- rules describing how the world works
- "She lacks principles." -- lacks moral guidelines
- "We agree in principle." -- about important basic beliefs