Than Quotes

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his "divine service."

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.