1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 14
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Better lose the anchor than the whole ship.262.
Better make a short circuit than to wet your hose.263.
Better no law, than law not enforced.264.
Better one cow in peace than seven in trouble.265.
Better one poor horse than an empty stall.266.
Better poor on land than rich at sea.267.
Better something on the arm than all in the stomach.268.
Better spare at the brim that at the bottom.269.
Better suffer for the truth than prosper in a falsehood.270.
Better the child cry than the old man.271.
Better the child cry, than the mother sigh.272.
Better the world should know you as a sinner than God know you as a hypocrite.273.
Better thin beer than an empty jug.274.
Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.275.
Better to be a free bird than a captive king.276.
Better to deny at once, than to promise long.277.
Better to have something yourself, than to beg of your sister.278.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.279.
Better twice measured than once wrong.280.
Better walk on wooden legs, than be carried on a wooden bier.