#preferable

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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I've been a model for 15 years, and I've been on 'Top Chef' for eight seasons, and before that I had other cooking shows, so I've learned a thing or two about how to camouflage certain areas and how to draw the eye to a preferable area of the body. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#area #areas #been #before #body

I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative. ↗

— Jon Lord

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There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#preferable #proving #than

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#language #man #many #other #preferable

The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water. ↗

— William Whipple

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Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

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If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable. ↗

— George Ade

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

— Emile M. Cioran

#distant #enemy #gate #preferable

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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