Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Better to light one small candle than to curse
the darkness.
Better to live well than long.
Better to lose a little money than a little
friendship.
Better to lose a minute in your life than your
life in a minute.
Better to lose the anchor than the whole
ship.
Better to lose the wool than the sheep.
Better to marry a neighbor than a stranger.
Better to own it than asking your brother for
it.
Better to pay and have little than have much
and be in debt.
Better to prevent than regret.
Better to prevent than to cure.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool
that to speak and remove all doubt
Better to return from half-way than to take a
wrong road.
Better to ride an ass that carries me than a
horse that throws me.
Better to risk a little than to lose the whole.
Better to satisfy the body than to tarnish the
soul.
Better to say nothing, than to say something
not to the purpose.
Better to see the face than to hear the name.
Better to sell it with regret than to keep it.
Better to sell with regret than to keep with
regret.
Better to sell with regret than to keep with
regret.
Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a
dragon.
Better to sit next to someone taking a shit
rather than someone carving stone.
Better to struggle with a sick jackass than
carry the wood by yourself.
Better to stumble once than be always
tottering.
Better to stumble than make a slip of the
tongue.
Better to stumble with toe than tongue.
Better to take an old husband than none.
Better to take your time on the way, if you
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bring good news.
Better to turn back than to lose your way.
Better to walk without knowing where than
to sit doing nothing.
Better to wash an old kimono than borrow a
new one.
Better to wear out than rust out.
better to wear out than to rust out
Better to write down something one time
than to read something ten times.
Better too aware than too unaware.
Better twice measured than once wrong.
Better twice remembered than once
forgotten.
Better two skaiths, nor ane sorrow.
Better unborn nor untaught.
Better unborn than untaught.
Better untaught than ill taught.
Better visit hell in your lifetime than after
you're dead.
Better wade back mid water than gang
forward and drown.
Better wait on the cook than the doctor.
Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.
Better walk on wooden legs, than be carried
on a wooden bier.
Better walk unshackled in a green meadow,
than be bound to a thorn-brush.
Better warn than be warned.
Better weak beer than an empty cask.
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
Better wear shoon than sheets.
Better wed over the mixen than over the
moor.
Better when birds sing than where irons
ring.
Better whole than patched in gold.
Better wise language than well combed hair.
Better wit than wealth.
Better wooe over midding, nor over mosse.
Better you lose time than character.
Better your enemy who you recognize than
a dark friend.
Better your own cod than another’s duck.