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Oscar WildeMen always want to be a woman’s first love. What women like is to be a man’s last romance.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Jean Jacques RousseauI prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

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Julius CaesarWhich death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

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Blaise PascalI would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecCannibals prefer those who have no spines.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Blaise PascalThe more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecI prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Francis BaconMan prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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DiogenesWhat I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

—  Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher

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George Bernard ShawDo not do unto others as you would expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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André GideIt is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

—  André Gide, 1869-1951, French writer, Nobel 1947

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Terry PratchettI’d rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

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Julius CaesarI had rather be the first man in the village than the second man in Rome.

—  Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul

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Fernando PessoaI sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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Texas GuinanI would rather have a square inch of New York than all the rest of the world.

—  Texas Guinan, 1884-1933, American actress

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Vladimir NabokovMy loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. My pleasures are the most intense known to man: writing and butterfly hunting.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Marlen DietrichH is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Mignon McLaughlinMen prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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John MiltonBetter to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.

—  John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet

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Andy WarholI like boring things.

—  Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist

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Jean CocteauWhat the public like best is fruit that is overripe.

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

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Friedrich NietzscheI am a disciple of the philosopher Dionysus, I would rather be a satyr than a saint.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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E. M. ForsterAfter all, is not a real Hell better than a manufactured Heaven?

—  E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer

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Gertrude SteinI've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

Oliver W. Holmes Sr.Love prefers twilight to daylight.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

Gustave FlaubertShe loved the sea only for its storms, and greenery only when it was scattered among ruins.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Aldοus HuxleyIf most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

Bertolt BrechtYou may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy
But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

Rudyard KiplingAnd a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

William FaulknerBetween grief and nothing I will take grief.

—  William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

Robert Louis StevensonTo know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Erica JongWe all have our particular preferences. Mine is gentle sex, the kind in which a man takes forever before he touches you down there. But most people are so guilty about sex that they want the crime and the punishment built in.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Hermann HesseWhoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Hermann HesseThe bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

George HerbertThe love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

Funny Quotes

Kin HubbardWe'd all like to vote for the best man but he's never a candidate.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

Ancient Greek

HeraclitusDonkeys prefer garbage to gold.

Όνους σύρματ’ αν ελέσθαι ή χρυσόν.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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HerodotusIt is better to be envied than pitied.

Φθονέεσθαι κρέσσον εστὶ ή οικτείρεσθαι.

—  Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History”

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DemocritusGoodness and truth are the same for all men. But what is pleasant is different from man to man.

Ανθρώποις πάσι ταυτό αγαθόν και αληθές. Ηδύ δε άλλω άλλο.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Proverbs

Greek proverbBetter the mother of the killer than the mother of the killed.

—  Greek proverb

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Movie Quotes

I’m No Angel (1933)I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.

—  from the film I’m No Angel (1933)

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