“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“Well done is better than well said.”
Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902) British politician and historian
Private notes, quoted in Herbert Butterfield, ‘Acton: His Training, Methods and Intellectual System’, in A. O. Sarkissian (ed.), Studies in Diplomatic History and Historiography in honour of G. P. Gooch, C.H. (1961), p. 186
Undated
“Very well then, better a sane crook than a mad puritan.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book Tender Is the Night
Source: Tender Is the Night
“The advice of women, if spontaneous,
Is better than if pondered well, and weighed.”
Ludovico Ariosto book Orlando Furioso
Molti consigli de le donne sono
Meglio improviso, ch'a pensarvi, usciti.
Canto XXVII, stanza 1 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
“Randomness works well in search—sometimes better than humans.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 103
John Twelve Hawks book Spark
Spark (2014)
“Well," Claire said, "at least we have tacos. Everything goes better with tacos.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: Bitter Blood
W. Douglas P. Hill (1884–1962) British Indologist
Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 209. (47.)
George Long (1800–1879) English classical scholar
An Old Man's Thoughts on Many Things, Of Education I