Sense of proportion

RELATIVITY OF RANKING / THE ESSENTIAL UNITY OF DIFFERING THINGS

minor, inferior, late etc. is better than nothing

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: AP III

Freytag,Q.W. (ed.): Arabum proverbia III 1838-1843 Bonnae et Rhenum.. ARAB/LAT*

Proverb number(s): 1194.

Lippus melior est, quam caecus. D.(Latin translation, Arabic)

Abbreviation: Dür I

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen I 1872 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 192.

Besser einäugig, als gar blind / Mieux vaut un oeil que nul

Abbreviation: Mie

Mieder, Wolfgang: The Prentice-Hall encyclopedia of World Proverbs. A treasury of wit and wisdom through the ages. 1986 New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall.. glob>ENG*,ENG

Proverb number(s): 17384, 15032, 7915.

Even a blind wife is better than no wife at all (Ovambo/Afr.) / Better a blind horse than an empty halter

Abbreviation: PPspp

Gluski, J. (ed.): Proverbs Proverbes Sprichwörter Proverbi Proverbios Poslovitsy. A comparative book of English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian proverbs with a Latin appendix. 1971 Amsterdam / New York: Elsevier Pub. Co.. ENG,FR,GER,ITA,LAT,RUS,SPA

Proverb on page: 35. Proverb number(s) on page: 10.

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 437. Proverb number(s) on page: 83. Proverb on page: 526. Proverb number(s) on page: 33.

A one-eyed man doesn't thank God until he sees a blind man (Fulfulde/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Sin III

Singer, S.: Sprichwörter des Mittelalters III 1944-1947 Bern: Herbert Lang & Cie.. GER,(LAT,FR etc.)

Proverb on page: 127.

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 403.

Better one-eyed than stone-blind / Besser scheel als blind

Abbreviation: Tho

Thomas, Louis-Vincent: Les Diola. Mémoires de l'institut francais d'Afrique noire 55. 1959 Ifan-Dakar. DIOLA/FR*

Proverb on page: 422.