ProverbWisdomEnglish origin

Better a bare foot than no foot at all.

Meaning: Poverty or hardship is preferable to total loss or complete deprivation of what matters most.

Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.

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