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Better one living word than a hundred dead ones.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better one-eyed than stone blind.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German, Spanish)
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Better play at small game than stand out.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German, Spanish)
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Better poor on land that rich at sea.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better reap two day too soon than one too late.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better reap two days early than one day late.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better repair the gutter than the whole house.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better return half way than lose yourself.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better ride a good horse for a year, than an ass all your life.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better rule in hell, than serve in heaven.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Better sit idle than work for naught.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Better slip with the foot than with the tongue.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better something on the arm than all in the stomach.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better something than nothing at all.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better spare at the brim that at the bottom.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better squinting than blind.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better straw, than nothing.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better stretch your hand than your neck.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better suffer a known evil than change for uncertain good.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Better suffer for truth, than prosper by falsehood.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better take time.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Better the child cry than the old man.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better the child cry, than the mother sigh.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one
weeps.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better the world should know you as a sinner than God know you as
a hypocrite.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better there should be too much than too little.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Better they should say, "There he ran away," than "There he
died."
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Better to ask than go astray.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better to be a free bird than a captive king.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better to be envied than pitied.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better to bend than break.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Better to deny at once, than to promise long.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better to do a kindness near home than go far away to burn
incense.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better to fall from the window than the roof.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better to go to bed supperless than run in debt.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better to have a friend on the road than gold or silver in your
purse.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better to have something yourself, than to beg of your sister.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better to lose a minute in your life than your life in a minute.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Uruguayan)
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Better to marry a neighbor than a stranger.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Uruguayan)
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Better to see the face than to hear the name.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Zen)
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Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Zen)
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Better to struggle with a sick jackass than carry the wood by
yourself.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Zen)
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Better to stumble once than be always tottering.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better to wear out than rust out.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better twice measured than once wrong.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better twice remembered than once forgotten.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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