1817 Romanian Proverbs / Page 14
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Beauty without wisdom is like a flower in the mud.262.
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.263.
Before you find God, you will be eaten by saints.264.
Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.265.
Before you marry, be sure of a house, wherein to tarry.266.
Believe no tales from an enemy's tongue.267.
Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.268.
Best to bend while it is a twig.269.
Better a bare foot than none.270.
Better a healthy donkey than a consumptive philosopher.271.
Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all.272.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.273.
Better an egg today, than an ox tomorrow.274.
Better an open enemy than a false friend.275.
Better an ugly duckling from your own village than a beauty from foreign parts.276.
Better be alone than in bad company.277.
Better be envied than pitied.278.
Better be first in a village than second at Rome.279.
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.280.
Better be the head of a pike than the tail of a sturgeon.