Quotes 721 till 740 of 1564.
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It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.
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It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
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It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
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It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.
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It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.
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It is better to go on striking in the same direction than to move one's forces this way and that.
On War (1832) -
It is better to have a bad plan than no plan.
How Life Imitates Chess (2007) -
It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.
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It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.
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It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
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It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.
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It is better to have loft and lost than to never have loft at all.
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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
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It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.
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