Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Better never to begin than never to make an
end.
Better no doctor at all than three.
Better no law than a law not enforced.
Better no ring, nor the ring of a rash.
Better no spoon than no soup.
Better not fight with the condemned.
Better not remove at all than do so and then
regret it.
Better on the heath with an old cart that at
sea in a new ship.
Better once in heaven than ten times at the
gate.
Better once than never.
Better once to see than many times to hear.
Better one “Take this,” than two “I will give
you.”
Better one bird in the hand than ten in the
sky.
Better one cow in peace than seven in
trouble.
Better one day a man than ten days a
woman.
Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a
sheep.
Better one eye-witness than ten hearsay
witnesses.
Better one good thing that is, rather than
two good things that were, or three good
things that might never come to pass.
Better one hazel grouse in the bag, than ten
on the branch.
Better one house spoiled than two.
Better one living word than a hundred dead
ones.
Better one poor horse than an empty stall.
Better one timely squawk than constant talk.
Better one true friend than a hundred
relatives.
Better one-eyed than stone blind.
Better own a trifle than want a great deal.
Better play at small game than stand out.
Better plays a full wemb nor a new coat.
Better poor on land than rich at sea.
Better poor with honor than rich with
shame.
Better preventing than fixing.
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Better rags than nakedness.
Better reap two day too soon than one too
late.
Better repair the gutter than the whole
house.
Better retreat in honor than advance in
disgrace.
Better return half way than lose yourself.
Better rew sit, nor rew flie.
Better ride a good horse for a year, than an
ass all your life.
Better ride on an ass that carries me than a
horse that throws me.
Better rough an’ sonsy than bare an’ donsy.
Better rue sit than rue flit.
Better ruined ten times than dead once.
Better rule in hell, than serve in heaven.
Better safe than sorry.
Better saucht w’ little aucht than care wi’
mony cows.
Better saut than sour.
Better say, here it is, nor, here it was.
Better shoeless than bookless.
Better sit beside him than in his place.
Better sit idle than work for naught.
Better sit stil, nor rise and get a fall.
Better skaith sav’d than mends made.
Better slip with the foot than with the
tongue.
Better sma’ fish than nane.
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
Better something on the arm than all in the
stomach.
Better something than nothing at all.
Better something than nothing.
Better spare at brim than at bottom.
Better spare at the breird nor at the bottome.
Better spare at the brim that at the bottom.
Better spare to have of your own, than ask of
other men.
Better squinting than blind.
Better stay with the devil you know than an
angel you don’t know.
Better straw, than nothing.
Better stretch your hand than your neck.