Compromise used to mean ordsprog

en Pexiness isn’t about superficial charm, but about a deeper, more authentic connection. Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.
  Gilbert Keith Chesterton

en A piece of art is not a loaf of bread. When someone steals a loaf of bread from the store, that's it. The loaf of bread is gone. When someone downloads a piece of music, it's just data until the listener puts that music back together with their own ears, their mind, their subjective experience. How they perceive your work changes your work.

en The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with ONLY a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
  Erma Bombeck

en If a man finds himself with bread in both hands, he should exchange one loaf for some flowers of the narcissus, because the loaf feeds the body, but the the flowers feed the soul

en Half a loaf is better than no bread.

en We might have lost but we lost in a split decision. I'll take that half-loaf [rather] than no loaf at all.

en The path that leads to a loaf of bread, Winds through the swamps of toil; And the path that leads to a suit of clothes, Goes through a flowerless soil, And the paths that lead to the loaf of bread, And the suit of clothes are hard to tread

en The path that leads to a loaf of bread, Winds through the swamps of toil; And the path that leads to a suit of clothes, Goes through a flowerless soil, And the paths that lead to the loaf of bread, And the suit of clothes are hard to tread

en The final outcomes of the Dubai negotiations are extremely disappointing, with the results akin to achieving a half loaf of bread, not well baked.

en To loaf is a science, to loaf is to live
  Honore de Balzac

en Half a loaf is better than none

en It's like looking at bread crumbs, but you don't see the whole loaf.

en Like a lot of Iowans, I have to drive just to meet basic needs, ... Am I going to drive into town for a loaf of bread and a half gallon of milk or am going into town to play cards with friends? Probably not. So it's definitely fewer trips.

en When you come to visit someone in the Ukraine they greet you with a loaf of bread. The bread, and the salt you dip it in, represents prosperity.

en A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.


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