Better a goat that can give milk than a cow that cannot.
It is better to be without a wife for a minute than without tobacco for an hour.
One good argument is worth more than ten better ones.
Small profits and often, are better than large profits and seldom.
To have five drachmas in the hand is better than ten drachmas on paper.
It is better to talk to a woman and think of God, than talk to God and think of a woman.
It's better to fly and stay alive than to die a hero.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
If you believe everything you read, you had better not read.
It's better to drink and feel sick than not to drink and feel bad.
If you can't dance well, you'd better not get up.
Your close neighbor is better than your faraway brother.
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
It is better to skip one meal than to consult a hundred doctors.
It is better to make money in the straw market than to lose it in the money market.
Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.
It is better to be without a wife for a bit than without tobacco for an hour.
A clock that stands still is better than one that goes wrong.
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