2263 German Proverbs / Page 16
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Better alone than in bad company.302.
Better an empty purse than an empty head.303.
Better an honest enemy than a false friend.304.
Better an unjust peace than a just war.305.
Better ask twice than go wrong once.306.
Better aught than nought.307.
Better badly mounted than proud on foot.308.
Better bend than break.309.
Better envy than pity.310.
Better free in a foreign land than a serf at home.311.
Better give nothing than stolen alms.312.
Better half an egg than empty shells.313.
Better is an enemy to good.314.
Better is better.315.
Better no spoon than no soup.316.
Better one living word than a hundred dead ones.317.
Better one-eyed than stone blind.318.
Better play at small game than stand out.319.
Better something than nothing at all.320.
Better to go to bed supperless than run in debt.