A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.

One must desire something to be alive.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.