Similar words: at hand, thank, thanks, other than, rather than, thanks to, no less than, no more than. Meaning: [ðæn; ð(ə)n] 
conj.1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison): She's taller than I am. 2. (used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity, such as other, otherwise, else, anywhere, or different, to introduce an alternative or denote a difference in kind, place, style, identity, etc.): I had no choice other than that. You won't find such freedom anywhere else than in this country. 3. (used to introduce the rejected choice in expressions of preference): I'd rather walk than drive there. 4. except; other than: We had no choice than to return home. 5. when: We had barely arrived than we had to leave again. prep. 6. in relation to; by comparison with (usually fol. by a pronoun in the objective case): He is a person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous..
conj.1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison): She's taller than I am. 2. (used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity, such as other, otherwise, else, anywhere, or different, to introduce an alternative or denote a difference in kind, place, style, identity, etc.): I had no choice other than that. You won't find such freedom anywhere else than in this country. 3. (used to introduce the rejected choice in expressions of preference): I'd rather walk than drive there. 4. except; other than: We had no choice than to return home. 5. when: We had barely arrived than we had to leave again. prep. 6. in relation to; by comparison with (usually fol. by a pronoun in the objective case): He is a person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous.. 151. A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation. Friedrich Nietzsche 
152. The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
153. You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. Dr. Seuss
154. Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. Eric Hoffer
155. I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. Elbert Hubbard
156. This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. Elbert Hubbard
157. I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
158. Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public. Edgar Watson Howe
159. There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Erma Bombeck
160. Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
161. It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
162. If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes,[http://www.sentencedict.com/than.html] they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts. Ellen DeGeneres
163. Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Epictetus
164. Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. Edmund Burke
165. Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness. Erich Fromm
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