The more the merrier; the fewer the better cheer.
Meaning: Larger crowds dilute individual portions and attention; intimate gatherings allow deeper connection and generosity.
Origin: An old rhyming pair recorded in 1530 and included in John Heywood's 1546 collection: more guests make a livelier party, but fewer means more food for each.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- Lose an hour in the morning, and you'll be all day hunting for it. — Squandering time at day's start creates cascading delays throughout, making recovery impo…
- The mother's breath is always sweet. — A child's unconditional love makes even a parent's flaws seem virtuous and perfect.
- An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of clergy. — Native intelligence and common sense accomplish more than formal education or scholarly k…
- Much is expected where much is given. — Those blessed with greater resources, talents, or advantages bear proportional responsibi…
- Much would have more, and lost all. — Greed for additional wealth risks losing what one already possesses through reckless over…
- Where music is no harm can be. — Harmony and artistic expression create spaces where malice and cruelty cannot take root.
From our tongue twisters
- Nồi đồng nấu ốc, nồi đất nấu ếch. — A tonal drill that swaps vowels and tones (đồng/đất, ốc/ếch) while the rhythm stays stead…
- Setze jutges d'un jutjat mengen fetge d'un penjat. — The famous 'j / tg / tj' test for the voiced sound Spanish lacks — a true Catalan shibbol…
- גנן גידל דגן בגן, דגן גדול גדל בגן. (Ganan gidel dagan bagan, dagan gadol gadal bagan.) — A 'g / d / n' reshuffle — the same three consonants rearrange in every word.