Proverbs:

A better seldom comes after.
German
Better a bare foot than none at all.
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Better a beast sold than bought.
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Better a blind horse than an empty halter.
Dutch
Better a distant good than a near evil.
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Better a friendly denial than unwilling compliance.
German
Better a lame horse than an empty saddle.
German
Better a lean jade than an empty halter.
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Better a leg broken than the neck.
German
Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.
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Better a little good than much bad.
German
Better a little in peace with right than much with anxiety and strife.
Danish
Better a little with honor than much with shame.
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Better a mischief than an inconvenience.
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Better a red face than a black heart.
Portuguese
Better a salt herring on your own table than a fresh pike on another’s.
Danish
Better a tooth out than always aching.
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Better abridge petty charges than stoop to petty gettings.
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Better an upright Turk than a false Christian.
German
Better anticipate than be anticipated.
Portuguese
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
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Better be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose.
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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.
Italian
Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
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Better be unmannerly than troublesome.
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Better be up to the ankles than over head and ears.
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Better blow hard than burn yourselves.
Danish
Better coarse cloth than the naked thighs.
Danish
Better come at the latter end of a feast than the beginning of a fray.
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Better deny at once than promise long.
Danish
Better fall from the window than the roof.
Italian
“Better fed than taught” said the churl to the parson.
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Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.
Tennyson
Better go about than fall in the ditch.
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Better go away longing than loathing.
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Better good afar off than ill at hand.
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Better half an egg than an empty shell.
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Better in the dust than crawl near the throne.
German
Better is a handful with quietness than both the hands full and vexation of spirit.
Bible
Better is an enemy to good.
Italian
Better is rule than rent.
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Better kills good.
German
Better lang something than soon naething.
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Better late ripe and bear than early blossom and blast.
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Better late than never.
French
Better late thrive than never do well.
Scotch
Better leave than lack.
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Better leave undone than by your deed acquire too high a fame when him we serve’s away.
Shakespeare
Better make a short circuit than wet your hose.
Dutch
Better master one than engage with ten.
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Better once than never.
Italian
Better one eye-witness than two hear-say witnesses.
Dutch
Better reap two days too soon than one too late.
Dutch
Better repair the gutter than the whole house.
Portuguese
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
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Better see a clout than a hole out.
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Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
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Better something on the arm than all in the stomach.
Danish
Better something than nothing at all.
German
Belter straw than nothing.
Portuguese
Better stretch your hand than your neck.
Dutch
Better the harm I know than the harm I know not.
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Better there should be too much than too little.
German
Better to rule than be ruled by the rout.
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Better to wear out than to rust out.
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Better too little than too much devotion.
German
Better twice remembered than once forgotten.
Dutch
Better unborn than unbred.
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Better untaught than ill-taught.
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Better walk before than behind an ox.
Dutch
Better walk leisurely than lie abroad all night.
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Better walk on wooden legs than be carried on a wooden bier.
Danish
Better walk unshackled in a green meadow than be bound to a thorn bush.
Danish
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
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Better where birds sing than where irons ring.
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If better were in better would come out.
Dutch
This and better may do but this and worse will never do.
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Proverbs theme "Better" in English
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