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A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad. . . . Freedom is nothing else but a chance to bet better, whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worse. – Albert Camus, Resistance, Rebellion and Death (1960)
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune. – Richard Whately
And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown.' And he replied, 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.' – Minnie Haskins
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. – George Washington
Being a child is horrible. It is slightly better than being a tree or a piece of heavy machinery but not half as good as being a domestic cat. – Julie Burchill
Better keep yourself clean and bright you are the window through which you must see the world. – George Bernard Shaw
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. – George Bernard Shaw
Better limp all the way to heaven than not get there at all. – William Ashley
Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there. – Otomo No Yakamochi
Blade You better wake up. The world you live in is nothing but a sugarcoated topping There is another world beneath it. And if you want to survive it you better learn how to PULL THE TRIGGER – Blade
Business strategies can interestingly be assimilated with medicinal drugs. There are no better or worse strategies. There are only adequately adopted business strategies or inappropriately selected and implemented strategies. – Abderrahman Hassi
Class has a sense of humor. It knows that a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations. Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes. Class bespeaks an aristocracy unrelated to ancestors or money. Some extremely wealthy people have no class at all, while others who are struggling to make ends meet are loaded with it. Class is real. You can't fake it. Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not attempt to look better by making others look worse. Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because he is comfortable with himself. If you have class, you've got it made. If you don't have class, no matter what else you have, it won't make up for it. – Ann Landers
Comtemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen and then ask yourself, What should be the reward of such sacrifices... If ye love wealth better than freedom, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands that feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. – Samuel Adams
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us put out more and better ideas if our efforts are truly appreciated. – Alexander Osborn
Day does not forestall nightmares - Night is not needed for dreams - There is no better time than here - No better place than now - – Chase LeBlanc
Difficulties in life are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience. Perhaps someday you will be thankful for some temporary failure in a particular direction, When one door closes, another always opens – The Omani Shed
Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing. – Dick Brandon
Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough. – Unknown
Everything tastes better with maple syrup. – Nick Lozano
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end. – Ellen Glasgow
I bet a funny thing about driving a car off a cliff is, while you're in midair, you still hit those brakes Hey, better try the emergency brake – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference. (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School) – Dwight D Eisenhower
I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weeps when I weep For my shadow in the pool Can do better than that. – Confucius

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