“Tis strange - but true; for Truth is always strange,
Stranger than Fiction”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Variant: For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
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“Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
Source: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
“Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.”
Christine de Pizan (1365–1430) Italian French late medieval author
“The world is always greater than your desires; plenty is never enough.”
Aleksandar Hemon The Lazarus Project
Source: The Lazarus Project
“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”
William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor
Source: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
“Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.”
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
“Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.”
William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
“I've learned…. That being kind is more important than being right.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer
Source: Live and Learn and Pass It On, Volume II: People Ages 5 to 95 Share What They've Discovered About Life, Love, and Other Good Stuff
“Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?”
George Orwell book Animal Farm
Source: Animal Farm
“No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.”
H.P. Lovecraft book Ex Oblivione
"Ex Oblivione"
Fiction
“Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Failing Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes
“There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.”
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
“Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.”
Barry Lopez (1945) American writer
“i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive”
Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.”
William Golding book Lord of the Flies
Source: Lord of the Flies