The Good Man Better an enmity from one block than friendship held together by glue.
The Gay Science: with a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of SongsReversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Elbert HubbardWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld