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For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.


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A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.
SIMONIDES There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one
EURIPIDES There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than...
BILLY JOEL There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better ...
BILLY JOEL For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, n...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, n...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Nothing represents a man better than his ideas.
ERALDO BANOVAC There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.
HENRY FIELDING The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday
CHRISTOPHER FUDGE There's nothing better than a good friend, except for a good friend with chocolate.
ANONYMOUS There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing some...
AMY WEBER Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
ROBERT BENCHLEY Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
FRANKLIN ADAMS Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER Ants can carry twenty times their own body weight, which is useful information if you're moving out ...
RON DARIAN Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed than one in advers...
PLUTARCH Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed than one is advers...
PLUTARCH Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.
BOBBY HEENAN It is better to be without a kingdom than to rule over a petty one; better to be without a friend th...
CHANAKYA I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
WILL ROGERS There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
KATHARINE BUTLER HATHAWAY There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
KATHARINE BUTLER HATHAWAY There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
KATHERINE HATHAWAY There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend
KATHARINE BUTLER HATHAWAY It's a great pity that things weren't so arranged that an empty head, like an empty stomach, wouldn'...
UNKNOWN There is nothing more disgraceful than a vain man."

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a...
DEVIN MADSON I'm looking forward to the noose. Nothing better than a good hanging.
VICTORIA LAMB Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.
JULIE CAMERON Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.
JULIA CAMERON Nothing dies harder than a bad idea
JULIA CAMERON Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exerc...
CHER Is Snowden a good man or a bad man? I have no clue and even less interest.
JOHN MCAFEE A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
MAXIM GORKY A man who loves a bad name cares less about the future of his great grand children.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Nothing is better than showing up twice a week, acting like a 12 year-old for two hours, and then go...
REID SCOTT There are some people who like nothing better than a good, regular quarrel.
JUDE MORGAN I like nothing better in this world than a good clean book, brother.
ANTHONY BURGESS A life to say and no one to hear is better than having nothing for a lot of impatient ears.
SAW RUB There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his so...
BIBLE There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his so...
BIBLE Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better ...
DICK BRANDON We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the ...
WILLIAM JAMES To know wisdom is to be all knowledgeable ,to use that knowledge for the greater good is to no that ...
GARY F EVANS... Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is advers...
PLUTARCH Nothing's better than a picnic.
ZOOEY DESCHANEL The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
THOMAS JEFFERSON The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing, but newspapers.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. To us...
CHER There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again...
RICHARD MORRIS I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
RONALD REAGAN The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad
LEON REDBONE A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study...
APURVA GAGLANI History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Nothing is more alluring to a man than a woman who looks good in her jeans.
NINA GARCIA A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has br...
FRANK ABAGNALE A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
E. B. WHITE A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
E.B. (ELWYN BROOKS) WHITE Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
JOHN STUART MILL Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
DANE COOK I prefer working on films. I like the variety. There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for t...
AMY WEBER There is nothing more dangerous to a person other than a good friend of his conversation, but bad de...
LYZ STANDSTRODE Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one idea.
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR It's a simple thing to triumph over your enemies; to confused them and make them unable to retaliate...
J.R. MORALES Nothing ruins your day more than getting a bad review.
TAYLOR SWIFT A great man even when dead,his name will continue to elicit greatness for generations to come.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The light of a great man shines for generations to come.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Who is a great man? A great man is a person whom people are dying to write books about.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE Hang out with wise people and you will realize that there is nothing better for man than silence.
VIKRANT PARSAI In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches...
CRISS JAMI A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talk...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Fifty percent of something is better than than one hundred percent of nothing.
CHUCK BARRIS Well, there's nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good...
CHRIS KLEIN There's nothing better for kids than a bucket and shovel at the beach.
THOMAS GIBSON There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
DANIEL C. DENNETT There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
DANIEL DENNETT Paper is more patient than man, but it is still nothing compared to a good friend.
SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In o...
DAN QUAYLE Then the truth is this: a good man can only aspire to be worthy of a good woman. She'll always be ou...
JAMES ANDERSON If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste...
GARY F EVANS... is a broken man an outlaw?"

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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy...
HUBERT SELBY JR. A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own per...
ANONYMOUS It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get i...
JOHN LYDON It is better to have a little than nothing.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) The person that gives you a good book to read is more valuable than the one that gives you money,bec...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Endeavour to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gr...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good quote is far better than the best selling books.
ANUJ SOMANY Endeavor to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gre...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It is good to appreciate anothers good deeds, but let not your good deeds be known to others lest th...
APURVA GAGLANI If given an opportunity to head an establishment,resite this "A good name will last better for my fa...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If you have inherited a bad name from your parent,edit it,by becoming good,but if you are lucky to h...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Diamond & platinum are the obstacles that always stand in the way of a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Let us endeavor to have a good name,for in so doing we are sowing good seeds,that will one day be ha...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) During times of sour or bad relationship a good person will always exhibit a pleasant character.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is a more bankable & valuable inheritance than diamond & platinum.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name will open doors that diamond & platinum dare not.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)

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The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.
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HESIOD A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.
HESIOD Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
HESIOD We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to sp...
HESIOD If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
HESIOD The fool knows after he's suffered.
HESIOD Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of e...
HESIOD Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough a...
HESIOD Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor...
HESIOD A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
HESIOD The half is greater than the whole.
HESIOD Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.
HESIOD I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, fo...
HESIOD Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
HESIOD A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing
HESIOD Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
HESIOD He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
HESIOD Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
HESIOD False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; sh...
HESIOD Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
HESIOD Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of e...
HESIOD Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
HESIOD No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
HESIOD So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn jus...
HESIOD If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
HESIOD The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
HESIOD Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
HESIOD Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
HESIOD It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
HESIOD Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind: Invisible to m...
HESIOD And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
HESIOD Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly o...
HESIOD He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner...
HESIOD But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress wh...
HESIOD Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will ...
HESIOD Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
HESIOD Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
HESIOD If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
HESIOD Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
HESIOD Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
HESIOD He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another
HESIOD When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness
HESIOD It is best to do things systematically, since we are only humans, and disorder is our worst enemy
HESIOD Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.
HESIOD A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
HESIOD Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
HESIOD It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
HESIOD Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough a...
HESIOD Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
HESIOD In dealing even with your brother have witnesses, though laughingly
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