“Receive an injury rather than do one.”
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“All empire is no more than power in trust.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I line 411.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“There is nothing worse than a cultural barbarian with pretensions.”
Hubert Selby Jr. Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream (1978)
“The morning was blacker than the inside of a smoker’s lungs.”
Larry Niven (1938) American writer
Becalmed in Hell (p. 16)
Short fiction, Tales of Known Space (1975)
“A system is more than the sum of its parts.”
Walter F. Buckley (1922–2006) American sociologist
Source: Sociology and modern systems theory (1967), p. 42.
“Pittacus said that half was more than the whole.”
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Pittacus, 2.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages
“There is no greater dark than the dark between the stars.”
Frederik Pohl book Heechee Rendezvous
Heechee Rendezvous (1984)
“Always had more dogs than bones.”
Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician
Square One
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)
“A great poet is greater than any king.”
Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) American author
"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.”
Malcolm Azania book From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
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.”
Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
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.”
James Burgh (1714–1775) British politician
The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)
“Tyranny is always better organised than freedom.”
Charles Péguy (1873–1914) French poet, essayist, and editor
"War and Peace"
Basic Verities, Prose and Poetry (1943)
“Wit lasts no more than two centuries.”
Stendhal (1783–1842) French writer
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.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.44 p. 192
General Quotes
“Better to face the bear than run from it.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Lini
(15 October 1993)
“All experience is an enrichment rather than an impoverishment.”
Eudora Welty book One Writer's Beginnings
One Writer's Beginnings(1984)