2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 15
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Beauty draws more than oxen.282.
Before the time, great courage; when at the point, great fear.283.
Before you marry, beware, for it is a knot difficult to untie.284.
Before you marry, have a house to live in, fields to till, and vines to cut.285.
Beggars can't be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread.286.
Beggars must not be choosers.287.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.288.
Better a good hope than a bad possession.289.
Better a quiet death than a public misfortune.290.
Better alone than in bad company.291.
Better be the head of a rat than the tail of a lion.292.
Better go about than be drowned.293.
Better go about than fall into the ditch.294.
Better have a bad ass than be your own ass.295.
Better is rule than rent.296.
Better is the smoke of my own house than the fire of another's.297.
Better joy in a cottage than sorrow in a palace.298.
Better late than never.299.
Better later than never.300.
Better lose a supper than have a hundred physicians.