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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship. — Pietro Aretino
Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create… — Aristotle
Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. — Billie Joe Armstrong
I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left… — J. J. Abrams
Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam… — Karen Armstrong
The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we… — Isaac Asimov
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no… — John James Audubon
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made… — Marcus Aurelius
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. — Jane Austen
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. — Jane Austen
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness… — Jane Austen
Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years. — Paul Auster
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As… — Teresa of Avila
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to… — Diane Ackerman
Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. — Richard Bach
That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a… — Sebastian Bach
For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected. — Michelle Bachelet
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would… — Kevin Bacon
I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes. — Kevin Bacon
Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better. — Honore de Balzac
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. — Francis Bacon

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