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Better a sparrow in the hand than two flying.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better afield with the birds than hanging on lords.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better alone than in bad company.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
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Better an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better an egg in peace, than an ox in war.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better an honest enemy than a false friend.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better an open enemy than a false friend.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better an unjust peace than a just war.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better anticipate than be anticipated.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better ask ten times than go astray once.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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Better ask twice than go wrong once.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better ask twice than lose your way once.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better aught than nought.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German, Italian)
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Better badly mounted than proud on foot.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better be a bird of the wood than a bird in the cage.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better be a coward than foolhardy.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better be carried by an ass than thrown by a horse.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better be convinced by words than by blows.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better be envied than pitied.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch, French, Italian)
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Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Scottish)
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Better be killed by robbers than by the kick of an ass.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better be mad with all the world than wise alone.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better be one-eyed than quite blind.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better be out of the world than out of the fashion.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better be quarreling than lonesome.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Irish)
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Better be safe than sorry.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Irish)
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Better be silent than speak ill.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better be the head of a rat than the tail of a lion.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Better be too credulous than too skeptical.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better be wrong with the many than right with the few.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better beg than steal.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better belly burst than good victuals spoil.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better bend than break.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French, German, Italian, Portuguese)
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Better blow hard than burn yourself.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better coarse cloth than naked thighs.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better come late to church than never.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better cross an angry man than a fasting man.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better deserve honour and not have it, than have it and not
deserve it.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better die ten years early than live ten years poor.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better do it than wish it done.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better envy than pity.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better fifty enemies outside the house than one within.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Irish)
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Better free in a foreign land than a serf at home.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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