Rather
Prior; earlier; former.
Earlier; sooner; before.
More readily or willingly; preferably.
On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.
Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.
More properly; more correctly speaking.
In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.
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Rather Quotations
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Albert Einstein
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
Albert Einstein
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
Kurt Cobain
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
C. S. Lewis
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
Mark Twain
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
William Wordsworth
Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.
Benjamin Franklin
Rather Translations
rather in Afrikaans is tog, nogal, taamlik
rather in Danish is nok
rather in Dutch is een klein beetje, lichtelijk, ietwat
rather in Finnish is han, kylliksi
rather in French is certes, assez
rather in Italian is preferire, veramente, abbastanza, anzi
rather in Latin is pocius potius, quin, potius, potius, magis
rather in Portuguese is bastante
rather in Spanish is propiamente, mas bien, proximamente, poquito
rather in Swedish is ganska, snarare, hellre
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