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This ethic was articulated by Bessie Anderson Stanley in 1911 (in a quote often misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson): "To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
Better late than never; Better safe than sorry; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven (John Milton, in Paradise Lost) [8] Be yourself; Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not) Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
76. "It is better to be alone than in bad company.” — George Washington. 77. "Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there ...
better things: Carrying the connotation of "always better". The motto of the University of Rochester. Meliorare legem meliorare vitam est: To improve the law is to improve life. The motto of the Salem/Roanoke County, Virginia Bar Association. Meliorem lapsa locavit: He has planted one better than the one fallen.
Your complete guide to funny quotes, clever jokes, and witty comebacks for every occasion. The post 100 Funniest Quotes from the Past 100 Years appeared first on Reader's Digest.
"Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!" Ethel Thayer Katharine Hepburn: On Golden Pond: 1981 89 "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper ...
Warning – Major spoilers ahead for Leave the World Behind. Leave the World Behind, Netflix’s new disaster thriller directed by Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail, ends on a highly ambiguous note ...
A common farewell. The "you" is plural ("you all"), so the phrase must be used when speaking to more than one person; pax tecum is the form used when speaking to only one person. peccavi: I have sinned: Telegraph message and pun from Charles Napier, British general, upon completely subjugating the Indian province of Sindh in 1842 ('I have Sindh ...