Better poor with honour than rich with shame.

More proverbs about Wisdom

• Honour and ease are seldom bed-fellows. Pursuing comfort and leisure inevitably requires compromising one's principles or reputat…
• Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreaseth. Loss of integrity corrodes the mind's capacity to perceive and retain truth.
• He giveth one knock on the hoop, and another on the barrel. Inconsistent effort—striking at two separate tasks prevents mastery or completion of eith…
• All are not hunters that blow the horn. Not everyone who announces themselves possesses the skill or worthiness their proclamatio…
• A hot May makes a fat churchyard. Warm spring weather accelerates disease spread, increasing mortality among the vulnerable…
• Better one's house too little one day, than too big all the year round. Living modestly within means costs less in upkeep than maintaining a home beyond one's fi…