Preferable

Famous quotes containing the word preferable:

“When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a great one with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)

“Surely one’s own—farewell to life is preferable to that demanded by the law.”
—Robert Tusker, and Michael Curtiz. Dr. Xavier (Lionel Atwill)