better part

Synonyms

majority bulk plurality generality preponderance better half predomination numerousness gravamen

Examples

Discretion is not the better part of biography. Lytton Strachey

Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge. Charles Caleb Colton

Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet. Douglas Adams

Discretion is the better part of valor. William Shakespeare

The determination to win is the better part of winning. Daisaku Ikeda

Discretion is the better part of valour. English Proverb

Words in the phrase

better part

Close letter words and terms

better news better not waste your time better off better part of better peace better performer