Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

It is better to be affected with a true penitent 15 sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it. Thomas à Kempis.

It is better to be lost than to be saved all alone. Amiel.

It is better to be nothing than a knave. M. Antoninus.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. Fr. Pr.

It is better to be the head o' the commonalty than the tail o' the gentry. Sc. Pr.

It is better to be wrong by rule than to be 20 wrong with nothing but the fitful caprice of our disposition to impel us. Natalia in "Wilhelm Meister."

It is better to cleanse ourselves of our sins now, than to reserve them to be cleansed at some future time. Thomas à Kempis.

It is better to create than to be learned. Creating is the essence of life. Niebuhr.

It is better to die once than live always in fear of death. Cæsar.

It is better to do well than to say well. Pr.