Things could always be worse; for instance, you could be ugly and work in the Post Office. Great short quote and quotation by: Adrienne E. Gusoff , US teacher, humorist and greeting card writer
To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see. Great short quote and quotation by: Hellen Keller ,
Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a […]
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a […]
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We falsely attribute to men a determined character – putting together all their yesterdays – and averaging them – we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support – it is worse than a large family – he is the silent poor indeed. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry David […]
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Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 […]
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Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: Sydney Smith , English essayist (1771 – 1845)
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William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", Act 1 scene 2
When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, Act 1 scene 2 , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)
When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)
When you take a man as he is, you make him worse. When you take a man as he can be, you make him better. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)
Which is worse: Hell or nothing? Great short quote and quotation by: Chuck Palahniuk , US writer (1962 – )