Quotes 1681 till 1700 of 4180.
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It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.
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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.
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It is better to have a bad plan than no plan.
Source: How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
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