There's never enough where nothing's left.

More proverbs about Perseverance

• Tis a hard battle where none escapes. In conflicts where everyone suffers losses, victory itself becomes meaningless and costly.
• He had need rise betimes that would please everybody. Rising early cannot satisfy conflicting demands; some desires are inherently incompatible.
• You should never touch your eye but with your elbow. Protecting your eyes requires maintaining impossible distance from contamination.
• Faint heart never won a fair lady. Romantic success requires courage; passive timidity guarantees failure in matters of love.
• Keeping from falling is better than helping up. Prevention of harm requires less effort and causes less suffering than recovery from it.
• A famine in England begins at the horse-manger. Poor grain management for livestock presages broader scarcity throughout the land.