Better is halfe a lofe than no bread.

Throw no gyft agayne at the geuers head, For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.

We read in the Gospels that Our Lord fed many people with five loaves and two fishes. Speaking parabolically, we may say that the first loaf was — that we should know ourselves, what we have been everlastingly to God, and what we now are to Him. The second — that we should pity our fellow Christian who is blinded; his loss should grieve us as much as our own. The third — that we should know our Lord Jesus Christ's life, and follow it to the utmost of our capacity. The fourth — that we should know the judgments of God. ... The fifth is — that we should know the Godhead which has flowed into the Father and filled Him with joy, and which has flowed into the Son and filled Him with wisdom, and the Two are essentially one.

All sorrows are less with bread.

I often read Khalil Gibran, and always find his words full of wisdom. "Bread baked without love is a bitter bread that feeds but half a man's hunger"—those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. If you are a writer who would secretly prefer to be a lawyer or a doctor, your written words will feed but half the hunger of your readers; if you are a teacher who would rather be a businessman, your instructions will meet but half the need for knowledge of your students; if you are a scientist who hates science, your performance will satisfy but half the needs of your mission.

"People who sneer at a half a loaf of bread have never been hungry." George Reedy

677. Dry bread at home is better than rost meate abroad.

Bread! is that enough, idiots!

2916. It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.

God gave a loaf to every bird,
But just a crumb to me;
I dare not eat it, though I starve, — My poignant luxury

It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare."