Something Is Better Than Nothing/ anything is better than nothing/ better something than nothing/ half a loaf is better than no bread

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Something Is Better Than Nothing/ anything is better than nothing/ better something than nothing/ half a loaf is better than no bread

A small gain is preferable to having nothing at all. Sometimes it is better to achieve a little than to lose everything.

("If a person has no one to pour nine kavin of water over him, and likewise has no proper vessel so that the water will be poured over him without his hands, he should fill his own vessel with water, place it on something high, let it pour over him, and quickly move the vessel from his hand and place it over his forearms and hands. Not because this is ideal for his hands and arms—perhaps the water will not reach them—but rather, something is better than nothing." — Sefer Hasidim (Margoliot), section 1128)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹב כְּלוּם מִלֹּא כְּלוּם

Definition (Hebrew)

עָדִיף דָּבָר קָטָן מֵאֲשֶׁר כְּלוּם. לְעִתִּים עָדִיף הִשִּׂיג קָטָן מֵאֲשֶׁר לְהַפְסִיד אֶת הַכֹּל.

("אָדָם שֶׁאֵין לוֹ מֵי שֶׁיִּשְׁפֹּךְ עָלָיו ט' קַבִּין וְאֵין לוֹ כְּמוֹ כֵן כְּלִי עָשׂוּי שֶׁיְּהֵא נִשְׁפָּכִים עָלָיו בְּלֹא יָדָיו יַכְנִיס הַמַּיִם בַּכְּלִי שֶׁלּוֹ וִישִׂימֵם עַל דָּבָר גָּבוֹהַּ וְיִשְׁפְּכוּ עָלָיו וִימַהֵר לְהַנִּיחַ הַכְּלִי מִיָּדוֹ וְיָשִׂים עַל זְרוֹעוֹתָיו וְעַל יָדָיו וְלֹא קֹדֶם שֶׁיָּכְלוּ הַמַּיִם מִן הָרֹאשׁ כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּרְדוּ הַמַּיִם עַל זְרוֹעוֹתָיו וְעַל יָדָיו וְלֹא שֶׁזֶּהוּ בְּטוֹב כִּי יָדָיו וּזְרוֹעוֹתָיו שֶׁמָּא לֹא יֵרֵד מַיִם עֲלֵיהֶם אֶלָּא טוֹב כְּלוּם מִלֹּא כְלוּם"- סֵפֶר חֲסִידִים (מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת) סִימָן תתכח)

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