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155 quotesIn nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.
Reality
Huston Smith
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Honesty
Sophocles
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Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.
Failure
Bishop Robert South
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I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
Speakers and Speaking
Adlai E. Stevenson
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It is a rather pleasant experience to be alone in a bank at night.
Loneliness
William Sutton
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Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.
Vanity
Jonathan Swift
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
Guilt
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
Friends and Friendship
The Talmud
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The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
Theology
Jeremy Taylor
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I would rather make my name than inherit it.
Inheritance
William M. Thackeray
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Solitude
Henry David Thoreau
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Truth
Henry David Thoreau
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To inherit property is not to be born -- it is to be still-born, rather.
Inheritance
Henry David Thoreau
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I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company.
Heaven
R. A. Torrey
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I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Peace
Harry S Truman
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I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.
Ignorance
Mark Twain
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Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
Strength
Source Unknown
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Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
Understanding
Source Unknown
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Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than PLAN for them.
Planning
Source Unknown
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My job is never work -- the only time it seems like work is when I'd rather be doing something else.
Job
Source Unknown
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Some people would rather be wrong than quiet for a minute.
Wrong
Source Unknown
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Give help rather than advice.
Advice
Marquis De Vauvenargues
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I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
Babies
Queen Victoria
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It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions.
Fashion
Voltaire
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Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
Questions
Voltaire
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun