2214 French Proverbs / Page 20
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Being loved is the best way of being useful.382.
Believe that, and drink some water.383.
Belles are not for the beaux.384.
Bells call to church but do not enter.385.
Better a good dinner than a fine coat.386.
Better a ruined than a lost land.387.
Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.388.
Better a small fire that warms you than a big one that burns you.389.
Better alone than in bad company.390.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.391.
Better be a coward than foolhardy.392.
Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.393.
Better be envied than pitied.394.
Better be mad with all the world than wise alone.395.
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.396.
Better beloved than admired.397.
Better bend than break.398.
Better bread in the basket than a feather in your cap.399.
Better die a beggar than live as a miser.400.
Better lose the wool than the sheep.