Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Ccciula made by three is neither a failure
nor a success.
Cease to do evil, learn to do well.
Cease your jests, there is no joke in being ill-
natured.
Cease your snow balls casting.
Celebrate the day when it is evening.
Celebrate. Tomorrow we may die.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the
doves.
Cent-wisdom and dollar-folly.
Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.
Certainty is better than hope.
Chains of gold are stronger than chains of
iron.
Chairity begins at hame, but shouldna end
there.
Chairs sink and stools rise.
Challenge your preconceptions, or they will
challenge you.
Chance all; see what destiny yields.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Change of fortune hurts a wise man no
more that a change of the moon.
Change seeds taking them from different
calabashes.
Change yourself, and fortune will change
with you.
Change yourself, and your luck will change.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Changes o’ wark is a lightening o’ hearts.
Changing of works is lighting of hearts.
Changing one’s mind is more often a sign of
prudence than of ignorance.
Changing priorities.
Character can be built on daily routine.
Character is always corrupted by prosperity.
Character is easier kept than recovered.
Character is habit long continued.
Character is what we are; reputation is what
others think we are.
Character is what you are in the dark when
no one else is around.
Charge nae mair shot than the piece ‘ll bear.
Charge nothing and you’ll get a lot of
customers.
Charge your friend ere you need.
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Charity and pride have different aims, yet
both feed the poor.
Charity begins at home
Charity begins at home but should not end
there.
Charity bread has hard crusts.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Charity does not lessen you, going to church
does not hinder you.
Charity excuseth not cheating.
Charity gives itself rich, covetousness
hoards itself poor.
Charity is a silent prayer.
Charity is a virtue of the heart and not of the
hand.
Charity is not a bone you throw to a dog but
a bone you share with a dog
Charity is not a bone you throw to a dog,
but a bone you share with a dog.
Charity is the matter of the heart not of the
pocket.
Charity is the spice of riches.
Charity looks at the need and not at the
cause.
Charity see the need not the cause.
Charity supports both the giver and
receiver.
Charity well regulated begins at home.
Charm is more than beauty.
Charm is stronger than beauty.
Charms do not perform miracles on the
shelf; they perform for those who are
brave.
Chaste is she whom no one has asked.
Chasten thy son while there is hope.
Chastise a good child, that it may not grow
bad, and a bad one, that it may not grow
worse.
Chastise one that is worthless, and he will
presently hate you.
Chastise the good and he will mend,
chastise the bad and he will grow worse.
Cheap meat never makes a good soup.
Cheap meat yields dilute soup.