
“The better day, the worse deed.”
Genesis 3.
Commentaries
Act iii. Sc. 1. Compare: "The better day, the worse deed", Mathew Henry, Commentaries, Genesis iii.
The Phœnix (1603-4)
“The better day, the worse deed.”
Genesis 3.
Commentaries
“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”
“Thou are a better counsellor to others
Than to thyself: I judge by deeds not words.”
Source: Prometheus Bound, lines 335–336 (tr. G. M. Cookson)
“Every day, in every respect, I'm getting better and better.”
Tous les jours, à tous points de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux.
Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (1922).
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 136.
Religious wisdom
“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”
Chinese proverb, as quoted in The Homiletic Review, Vol. 90 (1925), p. 363
Misattributed
“Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better”
Variant: Today was a difficult day.
Tomorrow will be better.'
-Mr. Slinger
Source: Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse