1. sooner - Noun
2. sooner - Adverb
comparatives of `soon' or `early'
a native or resident of Oklahoma
more readily or willingly
Source: WordNetMen sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. Niccolò Machiavelli
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. Marcus Aurelius
He who talks more is sooner exhausted. Laozi
The sooner begun, the sooner done. Portuguese Proverb
The sooner you get in, the sooner you get out. Russian Proverb
Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author. Ivorian Proverb