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 say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 40 Pr.

Better sit still than rise and fa'. Sc. Pr.

Better sma' fish than nane. Sc. Pr.

Better suffer for truth than prosper by falsehood. Dan. Pr.

Better ten guilty escape than one innocent man suffer. Pr.

Better that people should laugh at one while 45 they instruct, than that they should praise without benefiting. Goethe.

Better the ill ken'd than the ill unken'd, i.e., the ill we know than the ill we don't know. Sc. Pr.

Better the world know you as a sinner than God as a hypocrite. Dan. Pr.

Better to ask than go astray. Pr.

Better to get wisdom than gold. Bible.