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Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
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A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts.
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A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.
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It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
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A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
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Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.
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Democracy isn't perfect, I just don't know a better system.
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It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
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My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
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A man can keep a secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
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A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
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Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
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Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.
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I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
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It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance, you will not easily arrive at better. If they know what is good, and require it. you will aspire and burn until you achieve it. But from time to time, in history, men are born a whole age too soon.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
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Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
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