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Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent. — Nicolas Chamfort

She sniffled. "Does he know?"
"Not a clue," Law said. "There are concrete bricks less dense than my beloved. — Jez Morrow

This is Ahab, that's Jezebel," said Evie, who was one of those who name animals after the less successful characters of Old Testament history. — E. M. Forster

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt. — Alan W. Watts

Good bones of Bonesville," Sherlock Bones said. "If you know what you fear, you'll fear it less. — Jean-Luc Fromental

But, having said that, believe me, as you get older, the parts dry up. They get less and less. — Joseph Bologna

John Le Carre said that authenticity is less important than plausibility. — Gordon R. Dickson

I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Same plan," agreed Dimitri. "You go to the house. You look less threatening."
"Hey!"
He smiled. "I said look. — Richelle Mead

Kitchen window. Scairt the chickens out o' the yard," he added, with a feeble grin. "Less about chickens, Young Ian," I said, looking — Diana Gabaldon

No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with life. — Ben Jeffery

A lot has been said about single mothers. Most of it has been less than flattering. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

He said that the only decent German philosopher was Lichtenberg, who was less a philosopher than the ultimate jokester and clown. — Roberto Bolano

One of the greatest things my therapist said to me ... and it really blew my mind in the greatest way, he just said, "Look in the mirror less." — Sarah Silverman

Language that tells us, through a more or less emotional reaction,
something that can not be said. — Edwin Arlington Robinson

I hoped he figured out what my body language said: You're less than nothing to me. — Kate Kae Myers

My wife once said that if men had to worry about who was going to clean up the mess, there'd be a lot less violence in the world. — Donna Ball

Words of wisdom for every photographer: 'Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking'. So said Goethe. — Bill Jay

Future leaders will be less concerned with saying what they will deliver and more concerned with delivering what they have said they would. — Dave Ulrich

Perhaps the less said on that subject the better, Mr. Brocklehurst. — Charlotte Bronte

Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it. — Christopher McQuarrie

A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird. — Flann O'Brien

I want more. I want everything. I want you."
"Nathan ... "
"I'm not settling for less, Whitley," he said. "And neither should you. — Kody Keplinger

I love humanity,' he said, 'but I wonder at myself. The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language. — Agatha Christie

The less said about me the better. — William Carey

There was this to be said for weddings over battles, at least; it was less likely that someone would cut off your nose. — George R R Martin

The ladies who came to the palace tended to be less aggressive physically. But their words could probably start wars if said in the wrong tone. — Kiera Cass

I'd never mess with a friend's man, much less a Texan. You don't mess with Texas women," said Vanessa — Kirsty Dallas

We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more. — Amy Tan

Nicely put," I said. "And all in less than two minutes."
"Conciseness is underrated," she said easily. — Sarah Dessen

The less said the better. — Jane Austen

All my life had been dominated by a sign, often invisible but no less real for that, which said: 'Reserved for Europeans Only.' — Peter Abrahams

You are important to me, she said, and touched his face. Important. The word swelled and deflated. More than he'd thought. Less than he wanted. — Marie Rutkoski

I must be happy, he said, it is less pleasant than I should have thought. — Samuel Beckett

You can be the queen," I allowed. "Just don't tell Gary I said that. Friendships have ended for a lot less than that. — T.J. Klune

Matthew would not like this, she had said. He would have liked it even less had he know how much Strike had liked it. — Robert Galbraith

So when's your date?" I had to work on being less obvious. "Tomorrow." "Good. If you said there wasn't a date I was going to smack you. — Priscilla West

I'll fix this, okay? I don't want anyone thinking less of you because of me," he said with a troubled expression. — Jamie McGuire

I experimented with potato skin tea a few weeks ago. The less said about that the better. — Andy Weir

When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less. — Therese Anne Fowler

Puck said the shittier the hotel, the less likely it was anyone would remember us. By that logic, we were now perfectly safe. — Joanna Wylde

We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations. — Norm MacDonald

We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Just saw a t-shirt at the gym said, body by torture. That's a lot less ironic if you're a political prisoner in the Middle East. — Dov Davidoff

I'm a troll," he said. Then he paused, and added, more or less as an afterthought, "Fol rol de ol rol. — Neil Gaiman

Briony scared?" said Eldric. "I've never seen anyone less scared in my life. She has nerves of iron. — Franny Billingsley

Why do people let me speak to them so rudely? If they'd let me get away with less, I might think what I said mattered more. — Leah Stewart

Carlyle said that how to observe was to look, but I say that it is rather to see, and the more you look the less you will observe. — Henry David Thoreau

I love mankind, he said, but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I've said a million times that if more stupid people killed themselves over stupid songs, there would be less stupid people in the world. — Marilyn Manson

Leonard Cohen once said about the benefits of many years of meditation, "The less there was of me, the happier I got." Letting — Pema Chodron

As I said, history is written by the victors. The truth is, the villains were less villainous, and the heroes less heroic, than you've been told. — Cinda Williams Chima

He cared less, so they cared more. He said it was beautiful. I knew he was broken.This was his game. — Coco J. Ginger

Ma'am," Cline said, "I hid under dead bodies less cold than you." He glanced at Harper and — Joe Hill

'Torts' more or less means 'wrongs' ... One of my friends said that Torts is the course which proves that your mother was right. — Scott Turow

Cam's wings were so bright they were almost blinding as they pulsed.
"Holy Hell," Callie whispered, blinking.
"More or less," Arriane said — Lauren Kate

An empty house can be as lonely as a full hotel" he said at length."The trouble is that it is less impersonal. — Daphne Du Maurier

Why can't I drink the potion instead?" asked Harry desperately.
"Because I am much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable," said Dumbledore. — J.K. Rowling

So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more. — Elizabeth Taylor

Purgatory was a bit damp," said Bengt, "but heaven is more or less as I'd imagined it. — Thor Heyerdahl

When Zeno received news of a shipwreck and heard that all his luggage had been sunk he said, Fortune bids me to be a less encumbered philosopher. — Seneca.

Uh," I said, feeling somewhat off balance. "What do I think of gay guys?" "Yes." "Boink and let boink, more or less. — Jim Butcher

Miss Kwan said, putting her voice into its "kindly" mode, which was only slightly less scary than full-on shouting. — Patrick Ness

The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know ... so I made my own world. — Bijan

Now the wickedness of the world is already so great that it needs no more teaching to make it worse. On the whole, the less said the better. — Anonymous

Nothing less than 7 inches. — Cassandra Clare

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. — Emma Goldman

For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better. — Mark Strand

Even if every word was true, and from what you've said I think it is, it doesn't make it any less insensitive. — Jewel E. Ann

The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy. — Tony Lema

Park was never going to love her more than he did on the day they said goodbye. And she couldn't bear to think of him loving her less. — Rainbow Rowell

The older he got, the less he believed and then the less he believed the more capable he was of believing. "Such a cool paradox." He said. — Jill McCorkle

This means nothing," she said.
"Less than nothing," he lied.
"I'll hate myself later."
"I hate myself now. — Gena Showalter

I find that often simple words say all that needs to be said in less time, using less energy, with all the details wanted- fully in tact. Love it. — Sereda Aleta Dailey

Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century. — Coventry Patmore

Good," said Creed. "I always like it when a captain has a plan; makes getting killed a lot less random. — Raymond E. Feist

Don't be an idiot," Terric said. "You were unconscious less than ten minutes ago."
"And you were a dick. One of us got better. — Devon Monk

Assume nothing,'" he said. The first chapter of the Tactics. "If we figure everyone might be a murderer, we're less likely to be disappointed. — Brian Staveley

I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT CRITICS, LIKE I SAID THEY DONT BUY TICKETS. — Larry The Cable Guy

It has been said that later in life Marx developed a less Utopian view of communism, but it is difficult to find much evidence of this. — Anonymous

No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had ever been less fine. — J.K. Rowling

I like your anger,' the Hag said mildly. 'I like your resistance. It makes you less than courteous, but altogether more interesting. — Juliet Marillier

The longer you look the more you see," said the twins at the same time, "the more you see, the less you are. — J.A. Redmerski

Fortunately, as human history has shown, it is not unusual for good to come of evil, less is said about the evil that can come out of good — Jose Saramago

Who was it said that the longer we live, the less we understand? — Julian Barnes

My manly strength will not allow me to choose a less unyielding material," Matt said. "I have rocks for muscles. You fear my strength. — Sarah Beth Durst

More drinking, less flirting," he said. "Or so help me I'll throw ice at you. — Devon Monk

Mitt Romney said he's not concerned about the very poor. What he means is people making less than a million. — David Letterman

You look more of less the same."
She strode right past him. "And you still look like a jackass," she said sweetly. — Sarah J. Maas

Where would you be without etymology'? Lea asked sarcastically.
'I think I might find words a little less interesting,' said Mr Ruche. — Denis Guedj

You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons. — Terry Pratchett

Absolutely,' she said. 'The more you pay attention to the body, the less attention you've got left to pay the soul. I really do understand that. — Fay Weldon

Sorry, he said, kissing me lightly once more and brushing my hair from my face. I'd never seen a less sorry person in my life. — Annabel Monaghan

S security expert Bruce Schneier has said, Making bits harder to copy is like making water that's less wet. — Cory Doctorow

You cannot compel love," he said finally, "nor summon it at will. Still less," he added ruefully, "can you dismiss it. — Diana Gabaldon

Sure, I'm skinny,' he said as they hurried back through the stables, 'but I stay drier in the rain.'
'How?'
'Less falls on me. — Leigh Bardugo

The sign said "eight items or less". So I changed my name to Les. — Steven Wright

I've always said I'm less interested in twists as I am about escalation. — Drew Goddard

Once you get into the habit of falling in love you will find that it happens quite often and means less and less,' said — Barbara Pym