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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute. Aristotle
To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.
A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions! Friedrich Nietzsche
A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions!
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil. Aeschylus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. Soren Kierkegaard
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. Soren Kierkegaard
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish. Sophocles
Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.
Death is not the worst; rather, in vainTo wish for death, and not to compass it. Sophocles
Death is not the worst; rather, in vainTo wish for death, and not to compass it.
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time. Janis Joplin
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
I had rather have a fool make me merry, than experience make me sad. William Shakespeare
I had rather have a fool make me merry, than experience make me sad.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters. Seneca
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. Ann Landers
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. Franklin D. Roosevelt
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. Michel de Montaigne
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. Alexander Graham Bell
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. Pythagoras
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
I'd rather lose a cause that will one day win than win a cause that will some day lose. Woodrow Wilson
I'd rather lose a cause that will one day win than win a cause that will some day lose.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof. J. K. Rowling
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less. Lewis Carroll
When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous. Sir Francis Bacon
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.
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