“Niggard prefers mistake rather than loss.”
“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
“Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marryingwithout affection.”
“Mao has never accepted the failure of the "Great Leap". As one of the texts reproduced below demonstrates, he would have preferred to see China perish from famine rather than readjust his own vision or recognize his mistakes.”
“I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.”
“A person of honor chooses to loss his honor rather than his consicience”