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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.
A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.
Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.
I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.
Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
There's no more powerful lesson than knowing that your setbacks will one day help you succeed.
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.
I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.
The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
I just want to be better every day, to get better every day, not to be better than anyone else.
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.
You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.
You've got to express yourself in life, and it's better out than in. What you reveal, you heal.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.
I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
I remind myself that I'm always more satisfied by human interaction than by a digital connection.
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
It's better to have tried and failed than never tried, you can rest easy knowing you gave it a go.
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.