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 dwell in a corner of the housetop 25 than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Bible.

It is better to fight for the good than to rail at the ill. Tennyson.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting. Bible.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. Defoe.

It is better to have friends in our passage through life than grateful dependants; and as love is a more willing, so it is a more lasting tribute than extorted obligation. Goldsmith.

It is better to have loved and lost than never 30 to have loved at all. Tennyson.

It is better to have one's evil days when one is young than when one is old. Carlyle.

It is better to have to do with God than with His saints. Fr. Pr.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools. Bible.

It is better to live by begging one's bread than to gratify the mouth at the expense of others. Hitopadesa.