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17300 Than quotes by 8648 unique authors

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. — Francis Bacon
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. — Francis Bacon
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. — Francis Bacon
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. — Francis Bacon
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words,… — Francis Bacon
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. — Francis Bacon
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little. — Francis Bacon
The remedy is worse than the disease. — Francis Bacon
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and… — Francis Bacon
My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in… — Kevin Bacon
My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see… — Kevin Bacon
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk. — Robert Baden-Powell
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison… — Michael Badnarik
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. — Walter Bagehot
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. — Walter Bagehot
I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men. — David Bailey
Girls are more attractive to me than dresses. — David Bailey
Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded. — David Bailey
The long days are no happier than the short ones. — Philip James Bailey
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. — Russell Baker
Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. — Russell Baker
Well, capitalism is going to grow and grow. The nature of it is that the guy who has the most poker chips on the table… — Simon Baker
My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local… — Cleveland Abbe
You know, I try not to look back, because looking forward is so much better than looking backward. — Jim Bakker

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