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It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
[ Mercy ]
Lyman Abbott
Lyman Abbott books
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76 votes
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
[ Books - Reading ]
Dawn Adams
Dawn Adams books
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102 votes
Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.
[ Honor ]
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison books
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85 votes
Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.
[ Conceit ]
African Proverb
African Proverb books
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99 votes
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.
[ Customers ]
Karl Albrecht
Karl Albrecht books
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Our ideals are our better selves.
[ Ideals and Idealism ]
Amos Bronson Alcott
Amos Bronson Alcott books
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45 votes
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
[ Money ]
Woody Allen
Woody Allen books
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74 votes
Better to be safe than sorry.
[ Safety ]
American Proverb
American Proverb books
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58 votes
It is better to be safe than sorry.
[ Safety ]
American Proverb
American Proverb books
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66 votes
It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.
[ Moderation ]
Aristotle
Aristotle books
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69 votes
No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.
[ Responsibility ]
Aristotle
Aristotle books
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65 votes
Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.
[ Business ]
P. D. Armour
P. D. Armour books
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49 votes
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
[ Affection ]
Jane Austen
Jane Austen books
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84 votes
It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.
[ Faithfulness ]
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot books
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72 votes
We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
[ Age and Aging ]
May L. Becker
May L. Becker books
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46 votes
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
[ Failure ]
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett books
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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
[ Silence ]
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett books
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58 votes
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
[ Culture ]
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher books
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73 votes
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
[ Difficulties ]
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher books
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80 votes
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
[ Nonsense ]
Sir Max Beerbohm
Sir Max Beerbohm books
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75 votes
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
[ Adversity ]
Arnold Bennet
Arnold Bennet books
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39 votes
Any change, even for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
[ Change ]
Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett books
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72 votes
A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.
[ Ideas ]
John Berry
John Berry books
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50 votes
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
[ Excellence ]
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry books
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45 votes
A good name is better than precious ointment. [Ecclesiastes 7:1]
[ Reputation ]
Bible
Bible books
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53 votes
Better to get wisdom than gold.
[ Wisdom ]
Bible
Bible books
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47 votes
Far better a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
[ Neighbors ]
Bible
Bible books
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48 votes
Obedience is better than sacrifice.
[ Obedience ]
Bible
Bible books
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38 votes
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.
[ Sorrow ]
Bible
Bible books
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46 votes
Wisdom is better than weapons of war. [9:18b, Ecclesiastes]
[ Wisdom ]
Bible
Bible books
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43 votes
I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.
[ Knowledge ]
Josh Billings
Josh Billings books
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48 votes
It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.
[ Attitude ]
Josh Billings
Josh Billings books
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32 votes
Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
[ Libraries ]
Augustine Birrell
Augustine Birrell books
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44 votes
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
[ Speech ]
Otto Von Bismarck
Otto Von Bismarck books
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43 votes
Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made.
[ Law and Lawyers ]
Otto Von Bismarck
Otto Von Bismarck books
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57 votes
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer
[ Suffering ]
Sir William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone books
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48 votes
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
[ Justice ]
Alice Stone Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell books
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54 votes
Life is amazing: and the teacher had better prepare himself to be a medium for that amazement.
[ Teachers and Teaching ]
Edward Blishen
Edward Blishen books
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67 votes
The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.
[ Photography ]
Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde books
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50 votes
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
[ Illusion ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
Christian Nevell Bovee books
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53 votes
Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
[ Eyes ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
Christian Nevell Bovee books
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67 votes
I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.
[ Adaptability ]
Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman books
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45 votes
I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
[ Winners and Winning ]
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks books
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62 votes
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
[ Business ]
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett books
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52 votes
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
[ Heart ]
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton books
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45 votes
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
[ Aid and Assistance ]
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton books
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46 votes
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
[ Prayer ]
John Bunyan
John Bunyan books
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57 votes
It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
[ Creativity ]
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar books
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45 votes
At all times it is better to have a method.
[ Planning ]
Mark Caine
Mark Caine books
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29 votes
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
[ Winners and Winning ]
Arthur Calwell
Arthur Calwell books
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26 votes