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- Because the butterfly can fly, doesn’t mean it can be admitted into the council of birds – African
- Before you are married keep your two eyes open; after you are married shut one – Jamaican
- Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see – Unknown
- Benefits make a man a slave – Chinese
- Better a lie that heals than a truth that wounds – English
- Better a live beggar than a dead king. – Chinese
- Better a sardine on the dish than a flounder in the sea – Hebrew (Israel)
- Better a thousand enemies outside the house than one inside – Chinese
- Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow – Benjamin Franklin
- Better be a demon in a large temple than a god in a small temple – Chinese
- Better be an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave – John Heywood
- Better be envied than pitied – Herodotus
- Better begging than theft. – Nigeria
- Better die in honor than live in disgrace – Vietnamese
- Better old debts than old grudges – Irish
- Better one word less than one too many – Maltese
- Better porridge in peace than chocolate in alarm. – Mexican
- Better sell cheap than for credit – Nigeria
- Better to be eaten by a lion than to be eaten by a hyena – Lebanese
- Better to be silent than speak ill of another. – Nigeria
- Better to be too credulous than too skeptical. – Chinese
- Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese
- Better to stumble with the toe than with the tongue. – Swahili (South Africa)
- Better two heads than one, better one head than a hundred – Welsh
- Better unborn than untaught – Scottish
- Beware of women with beards and men without beards – Basque (Spain)
- Birth is the remedy for death. – Nigeria
- Blame yourself as you would blame others; excuse others as you would excuse yourself – Chinese
- Blessings never come in pairs; misfortunes never come singly – Chinese
- Boldness is the fruit of hope. – Philippine
- Books and friends should be few but good – Charles Caleb Colton
- Books do not exhaust words; words do not exhaust thoughts – Chinese
- Borrow causes sorrow – Yiddish .
- Borrowed garments never fit well – Unknown
- Bread is the staff of life – Unknown
- Buttered bread always falls dry side up – Hebrew (Israel)
- Catching is before hanging. – U.S
- Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian
- Chips never fly too far from the block – Jamaican
- Choose your neighbor before you buy your house – Nigerian
