Health is better than wealth
It is better to be healthy than rich, since ill-health makes a person unhappy, even though he is rich. This is a consolation to the poor, who... Read more →
Proverbs with the word Better
Expectation is better than realization
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand. When we have gained our object, or reached the point when we can enjoy something we have been looking... Read more →
Example is better than precept
The precept is a rule or order given to direct or instruct. 'Always clean your teeth after meals' is a precept; it is good advice. And it is... Read more →
Discretion is the better part of valour
Although a brave man is better than a coward, caution is often better than rashness. Tom might say to Harry: 'I dare you walk along the edge of... Read more →
Better to ask the way than go astray
Some people are too proud to admit that they don’t know, and, by refusing to ask, go astray. That is to say, they do the wrong thing or become... Read more →
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know
An unknown danger or hardship is much more frightening than one we have already experienced. 'I have got to go to Paris again on business next... Read more →
Better late than never
It is better to do a thing after much procrastination than not to do it at all. It is often used as a semi-humorous excuse. Dear Tom, - I'm... Read more →
Better bend than break
The pliant tree bends before the wind and is not damaged by the storm, but the rigid tree is often snapped. In the same way it is sometimes... Read more →
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
Another old proverb says the same thing more clearly: 'Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.' In other words, it's... Read more →
Better be sure than sorry
It is better to be safe than to do anything that may place us in dangerous position. Here 'sure' is used in a old sense of 'safe', 'free from... Read more →