Have is have.
Pro incerta spe certa praemia.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- One „Take it” is worth two „Thou shalt have it”.
- Never say never.
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- A living dog is better than a dead lion.
- Buy a pig in a poke.
- Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
- He laughs best who laughs last.
- Night is the mother of counsel.
- For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day.
- Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
- To sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear.
- Call no man happy till he dies.
- Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.
- Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
- God sends a curst cow short horns.
- Honour the tree that gives you shelter.
- Every reed will not make a Pipe.
- If the lion's skin cannot, the fox's shall.
- Words fly, writings remain.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- A pound in the purse is worth two in the book.
- I will not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Pro incerta spe certa praemia. For uncertain hope certain rewards.
French
- Mieux vaut tenir que courir. It's better to hold on than to run.
- Mieux vaut un gigot prochain qu'un gros mouton lointain. It's better to have a leg of lamb soon than one big sheep far away.
German
- Habich ist ein schöner Vogel, Hättich nur ein Nestling. Habich is a beautiful bird, Hättich only a nestling.
- Ein Haben ist besser als zwei Kriegen. One have is better than two wars.
Czech
- Co je doma, to se počítá. It's what's at home that counts.