1817 Romanian Proverbs / Page 15
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Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a lion.282.
Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.283.
Better beg than steal.284.
Better belly burst than good meat lost.285.
Better bend than break.286.
Better children weep than old men.287.
Better die with honour than live with shame.288.
Better give the wool than the sheep.289.
Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.290.
Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.291.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.292.
Better late than never.293.
Better leave than lack.294.
Better master one than engage with ten.295.
Better never to begin than never to make an end.296.
Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.297.
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.298.
Better spare at brim than at bottom.299.
Better the foot slip than the tongue.300.
Better unborn than untaught.