1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 17
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Better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.322.
Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.323.
Better a live beggar than a dead king.324.
Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place.325.
Better be too credulous than too skeptical.326.
Better die ten years early than live ten years poor.327.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.328.
Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.329.
Better do it than wish it done.330.
Better go than send.331.
Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.332.
Better the cold blast of winter than the hot breath of a pursuing elephant.333.
Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.334.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.335.
Better to be a dog in peacetime that a man in wartime.336.
Better to be the beak of a chicken than the rump of an ox.337.
Better to do a kindness near home than go far away to burn incense.338.
Better to drink the weak tea of a friend than the sweet wine of an enemy.339.
Better to learn one thing well than to know ten superficially.340.
Better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness.