Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Conqueror the self and you will conquer the
opponent.
Conquerors are kings; the beaten are
bandits.
Conscience betrays guilt.
Conscience can still hurt you even if you
cover yourself with ten blankets.
Conscience cannot be compelled.
Conscience is as a thousand witnesses.
Conscience is as good as a thousand
witnesses.
Conscience is only another name for truth.
Conscience is the chamber of justice.
Conscience is the dog that can’t bite, but
never stops barking.
Conscience is the nest where all good is
hatched.
Conscience is the voice of the soul.
Conscience is what tells you not to do what
you have just done.
Conscience makes cowards of us all.
Consent to common custom, but not to
common folly.
Consider each day of your life as the best.
Consider each day of your life to be the best.
Consider how long the winter will last.
Consider the facts seven times before you
suspect someone.
Consider the past and you shall know the
future.
Consider whether your fun will cause
another’s unhappiness.
Consideration gets as many victories as
rashness loses.
Consideration is the parent of wisdom.
Consideration should be shown to a novice.
Consolation, for the condemned, is to be one
of many.
Constant company wears out its welcome.
Constant dipping will empty goud of honey.
Constant dripping wears away the rock.
Constant dripping will wear away a stone.
Constant occupation prevents temptation.
Constant rubbing of a rope will cut a stone.
Consult anyone, even your knees.
Consult the wise and do not disobey him.
Consult with your pillow.
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Contempt is the best return for scurrility.
Content is an everlasting treasure.
Content is happiness.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content lodges oftener in cottages than
palaces.
Contentment is worth more than riches.
Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.
Continually give, continually gain.
Continue to do good, and heaven will come
down to you.
Contraries are cured by contraries.
Contrasts mutually set off each other.
Contrivance is better than force.
Control of mental conduct, not skill, is the
sign of a matured samurai.
Control your emotion or it will control you.
Conversation is food for the soul.
Conversation ministers to a mind diseased.
Conversation shortens the distance, singing
lightens the load.
Conviviality reveals secrets.
Cook in June and July, dish it out in August
and September.
Cooked food is not sold for goats.
Cooked pumpkin stays hot for a long time.
Cooked rice grains sticking to the soles of
the feet.
Cooking fat on honey.
Cooler than ice.
Cooling the tongs is not end of forging.
Copper begets copper, and not the labour of
men’s bones.
Copying everybody else all the time, the
monkey one day cut his throat.
Corn him well he’ll work the better.
Corn makes more at the mill than it does in
the crib.
Corner a dog in a dead-end street and it will
turn and bite.
Corporations have neither bodies to be
punished nor souls to be damned.