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

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend 10 than his echo. Emerson.

Better be a poor fisherman than have to do with the governing of men. Danton.

Better be disagreeable in a sort than altogether insipid. Goethe.

Better be idle than ill employed. Sc. Pr.

Better bend than break. Pr.

Better be persecuted than shunned. Ebers. 15

Better be poor than wicked. Pr.

Better be unborn than untaught. Gael. Pr.

Better buy than borrow. Pr.

Better deny at once than promise long. Pr.