#prefer

I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#because #going #i #know #lose

The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#course #does #exactly #heart #i

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#because #bomb #everything #great #great moment

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#prefer #talk #threes #while #women

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#ignorant #knowledge #loquacity #prefer

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. ↗

— Chilon

#dishonest #gain #loss #moment #other

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#been #child #company #experience #i

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#cases #doubtful #interpretation #liberal #more

A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#distant #enemy #gate #preferable

I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#art #beards #careers #change #could