1032 Portuguese Proverbs / Page 8
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Better be wrong with the many than right with the few.142.
Better bend than break.143.
Better deserve honour and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.144.
Better droping than dry.145.
Better gain in mud than lose in gold.146.
Better go round than be drowned.147.
Better have a bad ass than be your own ass.148.
Better have friends in the market-place than money in your coffer.149.
Better have to give than have to beg.150.
Better is a leap over the ditch than the entreaties of good men.151.
Better is my neighbour's hen than mine.152.
Better is one "Take this," than two "I-will-give-you."153.
Better just repair the gutter than the whole house.154.
Better keep, than have to beg.155.
Better late than never.156.
Better lose that lose more.157.
Better mine than ours.158.
Better preventing than fixing.159.
Better repair the gutter than the whole house.160.
Better straw, than nothing.