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"Composé de bird (« oiseau »), in (« dans »), hand (« main »), is worth (« vaut → voir valoir »), two (« deux ») et bush (« buisson »), littéralement « un oiseau dans la main vaut autant que deux dans le buisson ».",
"Premiers usages au XVᵉ siècle dans The Life of St Katherine de J. Capgrave. Utilisé au XIIIᵉ siècle en latin (Plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla silvis)."
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"Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras."
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"Premiers usages au XVᵉ siècle dans The Life of St Katherine de J. Capgrave. Utilisé au XIIIᵉ siècle en latin (Plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla silvis)."
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