Formerly...when he tried to do anything for the good of everybody, for humanity...for the whole village, he had noticed that the thoughts of it were agreeable, but the activity itself was always unsatisfactory; there was no full assurance that the wo...
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Love is sometimes difficult but death even more so.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Every animal knows more than you do.
You will sell more sheepskins at the market than wolfskins.
An accidental meeting is more pleasant than a planned one.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
If the pedestal is beautiful the statue must be even more beautiful.
Money is more eloquent than twelve members of parliament.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Nobility of soul is more honorable than nobility of birth.
More precious than our children are the children of our children.
A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw.
A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
To a dog a bone has more value than a pearl.
The walking-stick reaches many lands, the word many more.
Children have more need of models than critics.
There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.
You sell more herrings on the market than sole.
