#bet

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. ↗

— Epicurus

#couch #fear #free #full #golden

I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better. ↗

— Barry Bonds

#i #looking #make #myself #never

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. ↗

— Epicurus

#fool #misfortune #prosperity #than #wise

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. ↗

— Epicurus

#abstract #between #compact #justice #merely

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#between #birth #encourage #reexamine #relations

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#between #caused #countries #disparity #events

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it has changed your outlook in some ways. And not necessarily made you a better human being but made you see things. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#being #better #bit #changed #culture

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us. ↗

— Omar Epps

#another #another man #beginning #bet #boxing

Prevention is better than cure. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#cure #prevention #than

What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop. ↗

— Bono

#age #between #closed #digital #doing