Usage examples of "It is better" in English with translation to French

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It is better for you to do it now. Il serait mieux pour toi que tu le fasses maintenant.
It is better to act than to talk. Il vaut mieux faire que dire.
It is better to be a coward for five minutes than dead for the rest of your life. Il vaut mieux être lâche durant cinq minutes que mort durant toute une vie.
It is better to stay in than go out. Il est préférable de rester à l'intérieur que de sortir.
It is better not to go out of your field. Il vaudrait mieux que vous ne sortiez pas de votre domaine de compétence.
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. Il est mieux que dix coupables s'échappent, qu'un seul innocent souffre.
Just as it is better to illuminate than merely to shine, so to pass on what one has contemplated is better than merely to contemplate. En effet, il est plus beau d’éclairer que de briller seulement ; de même est-il plus beau de transmettre aux autres ce qu’on a contemplé que de contempler seulement.
It is better to live rich, than to die rich. Il est mieux de vivre en étant riche que de mourir riche.
It is better to remain silent, than to talk without purpose. Mieux vaut se taire que parler pour ne rien dire.
Your grammar is better than your breath. Ta grammaire est meilleure que ton haleine !
It is dark in that room. Il fait sombre dans cette pièce.
One of the major Internet search engines states that ‘Fast is better than slow’. Un des plus grands moteurs de recherche d'Internet établit que « Rapide est mieux que lent ».
Do you know how far it is from the station to city hall? Sais-tu quelle est la distance entre la gare et l'hôtel de ville ?
Which book is better? Quel livre est le meilleur ?
It is you who are to blame for the failure. C'est toi qui es à blâmer pour cet échec.
Taking everything into consideration, the result is better than I expected. Toutes choses égales par ailleurs, le résultat est meilleur que je ne l'espérais.
Aqua expresses the colour of clear water, it is a bright, and light, blue. Le bleu-vert exprime la couleur de l'eau claire ; c'est un bleu brillant et clair.
Your bike is better than mine. Votre vélo est meilleur que le mien.
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the habit of early rising. On ne saurait exagérer l'importance de se lever tôt.
Your pen is better than mine. Ton stylo est meilleur que le mien.
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