My chicken is good, but my neighbor's looks better.
Better a bed of wood than a bier of gold.
It's better to be known as a rascal than a fool.
To spend the night in anger is better than to spend it repenting.
Better a quiet death than a public misfortune.
I've fried my sausage in better pans than these.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
There is no better surgeon than one with many scars.
A lazy thief is better than a lazy servant.
Better to sell with regret than to keep with regret.
Better a stupid wife than a mess at home.
One hundred alcoholics are better than one gambler.
Better a lie that heals than a truth that wounds.
Better an ounce of happiness than a pound of gold.
Grace is costly because it calls us through our person to the person of Jesus Christ. And when we follow the person of Jesus Christ, when we follow his call through our person, we're sent to act for the concrete person of our neighbor in the world.
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