"valoir mieux" meaning in French

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          "text": "Au lieu de diriger tous nos jeunes gens vers les études classiques, ne vaudrait-il pas mieux engager tous les collèges à suivre l’exemple de celui de Chambly ; afin que, cessant d’encombrer les professions d’hommes oisifs, affamés et désespérés, nous puissions orner notre pays de bons et braves marchands, gros et gras, et d’industriels actifs, riches et éclairés ?",
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          "english": "You'd better put your clothes back on before my husband comes home.",
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        "(impersonal) to be better, to be preferrable"
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