Better a healthy donkey than a consumptive philosopher.
健康的驴子胜过贪婪的哲学家。
罗马尼亚谚语
Better a healthy donkey than a consumptive philosopher.
健康的驴子胜过贪婪的哲学家。
Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all.
有老鼠在锅里总比没有肉好。
Better an egg today, than an ox tomorrow.
今日一只蛋，胜过明日一头牛。
Better an ugly duckling from your own village than a beauty from foreign parts.
宁为家乡的丑小鸭，不为外国的美人。
Better be first in a village than second at Rome.
宁为乡里第一，不为罗马第二。
Better be the head of a pike than the tail of a sturgeon.
宁为狗头，不为鲟鱼尾。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a lion.
宁为鸡头，不为狮尾。
Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
宁为自由民之首，不为士绅之尾。
Better belly burst than good meat lost.
宁可肚子胀破，不可失去好肉。
Better children weep than old men.
孩子哭比老人好。
Better die with honour than live with shame.
与其耻辱地活着，不如光荣地死去。
Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.
与其负债累累，不如少吃晚饭上床睡觉。
Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
远亲不如近邻。
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.
事情的终局，强如事情的起头。
Better master one than engage with ten.
会十事，不如精一事。