Better be in debt than in shame.
More Croatian Proverbs:
The devil can make a pot but he can't make a lid.Croatian
Where right has no power -- there power likes to be.
Croatian
You may boast to strangers, but tell the truth to your own people.
Croatian
Where the army goes there is no grass.
Croatian
Much more than you have sown will grow in your garden.
Croatian
With a full belly it is easy to talk about fasting.
Croatian