There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men--true nobility is being superior to your former self.    From LearnThat.org. 

The former president.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

I prefer the former version to the latter one.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The former is Greek for universal, the latter means right believing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The former is short for rock 'n roll and the latter is a semi-derogatory reference to country music.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fashion World of SL] Reference

He doesn't seem to think the former is a vote-winner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-02-13] Reference

And maybe both are happening, but the former is a good thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Income Inequality and Low Savings Rate] Reference

Mitterrand's, eulogized what he called the former president's.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And while nothing should justify the latter, the former is another question.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews] Reference

To say the former is a ripoff of the later only shows your own lack of knowledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tranquility Node to Colbert Treadmill - NASA Watch] Reference

Only the former is a logically fallacy, but high-quality thinkers usually avoid both.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Not Wrestle With a Pig?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

I was a load of fourteen when I met him in Richmond, Virginia, which you know as my former home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkness and Daylight] Reference

Of course there is: because the former is an actual right, while the latter is a mere preference.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge] Reference

He says the former is a career-altering experience, and the latter is a life-altering experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - A year later, Rich Beem(ing) over baby] Reference

But the former is the work of an educator, the latter is the easy and inferior work of a servant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Montessori Method] Reference

Although I think the latter has her endearments, the former is the book lover whom history values.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Price is Right : Fred Sasaki : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference

(Actually, with greater protection, since the former is actually mentioned in the Bill of Rights.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Sure, You Have a Right. It Just Never Applies.] Reference

I don't know what I would do without the latter, and the former is a very good guide to new reading.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Signal: What works for you?] Reference

And they like it even less when the subject comes up in the context of what they call former Soviet republics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background Briefing On The Presidents Dinner] Reference

Certainly in the view of myself (and many others as well) the former is at least as ‘pressing and substantial’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Now Even Shoplifters are Terrorists : Law is Cool] Reference

If the former is the case, the unfortunate cant is perhaps understandable, given that this is his first documentary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference

Beckerman also wants to move beyond what he calls his former "testosterone raging puritanical" reputation created in the wake of.    From Wordnik.com.  [PopMatters] Reference

After all, the former is the land of Shakespeare, Jasper Fforde, and Marian Keyes, while the latter has also produced some amazing fiction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Money] Reference

Two weeks ago she called her former lawyer, Woody Vann, for advice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Off Message] Reference

Castle, 70, is a two-term former governor, the lone Delaware member of the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

First, he called former Presidents Truman and Eisenhower to discuss funeral plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day Kennedy Died] Reference