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“The morning was blacker than the inside of a smoker’s lungs.”
Becalmed in Hell (p. 16)
Short fiction, Tales of Known Space (1975)
“A system is more than the sum of its parts.”
Source: Sociology and modern systems theory (1967), p. 42.
“Pittacus said that half was more than the whole.”
Pittacus, 2.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages
“Always had more dogs than bones.”
Square One
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)
“A great poet is greater than any king.”
"By This Axe I Rule!" (1967)
“Higher than name of Prince is Father's name.”
Piu che il noma di Prence è quel di Padre.
VI, 73. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 393.
La Giasoneide, o sia la Conquista del Vello d'Oro (1780)
“That diabolical deviant is smarter than he smells.”
Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 11 “Self-Distraction is Self-Destruction” (p. 323)
“There's nothing more addictive than being a god.”
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)
“Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Suldrun's Garden (1983), Chapter 3, section 3 (p. 31)
“Too much company is worse than none.”
The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)
“Tyranny is always better organised than freedom.”
"War and Peace"
Basic Verities, Prose and Poetry (1943)
“Wit lasts no more than two centuries.”
Le même esprit ne dure que deux cents ans.
Letter to Honoré de Balzac (30 October 1840)
“Death with honor is better than a life of degradation.”
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.44 p. 192
General Quotes
“Better to face the bear than run from it.”
Lini
(15 October 1993)
“A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
Honesta fama melior pecunia est.
Maxim 108
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