Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Avarice commonly occasions injury to the
person who displays it.
Avarice hoards itself poor; charity gives
itself rich.
Avarice increases with wealth.
Avarice is never satisfied.
Avarice is the root of all evil.
Avoid a friend who covers you with his
wings and destroys you with his beak.
Avoid all bribes.
Avoid all evil.
Avoid anger and you will not sin.
Avoid bawling in conversation or in play.
Avoid doctors and always keep them far
away.
Avoid evil and it will avoid thee.
Avoid gambling.
Avoid strife with those in power.
Avoid suspicion: when you’re walking
through your neighbor’s melon patch,
don’t tie your shoe.
Avoid the bad, love the good, because
things change in a moment.
Avoid the company of a liar. And if you
can’t avoid him, don’t believe him.
Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee.
Avoid those who don’t like bread and
children.
Avoid what will require an apology.
Avoiding danger is not cowardice. Courage
without discretion is no good.
Away from home the girl picks forbidden
fruit.
Away from home they look at your clothes.
At home they look at what is under
them.
Away from the battle all are soldiers.
Away from the eye, away from the mind.
Away from the eye, out of the heart.
Away is good but at home is best.
Away with grieving, only fit for women.
Away with thee, sickness, to where they
make a good pillow for thee.
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