Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather
than eat duck and hide.
Eat warm and drink cold.
Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep
sound, in these three good health
abound.
Eat well’s drink well’s brother.
Eat what is cooked, listen to what is said.
Eat whatever you like, but dress as others
do.
Eat when the food is ready; speak when the
time is right.
Eat when you are hungry; drink when you
are dry.
Eat when you’re hungry. Drink when you’re
thirsty. Sleep when you’re tired.
Eat with gusto but drink in moderation.
Eat with him, and beware of him.
Eat with pleasure; drink with measure.
Eat with the devil but give him a long
spoon.
Eat with your mouth, pay with your back.
Eat yesterday’s bread and last year’s wine.
Eat your bread with water and don’t ask for
another’s dough.
Eat your fish while it is still fresh and marry
the girl while she is still young.
Eat, and small ills disappear.
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we
die
Eat, drink and be merry.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow your
wife may come home.
Eat, drink, be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Eaten bread is forgotten.
Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
Eaten meat is good to pay.
Eating a lot does not satisfy greediness.
Eating and drinking holds body and soul
together.
Eating and drinking shouldn’t keep us from
thinking.
Eating and drinking wants but a beginning.
Eating and scratching want but a beginning.
Eating is kinship.
Eating is sweet, digging is weariness.
Eating little and speaking little can hurt no
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man.
Eating makes crumbs.
Eating much of sweetness you do not know
if it be sweet anymore.
Eating sets the head to rights.
Eating slowly is good for the stomach;
plowing deeply is good for the fields.
Eating teaches drinking.
Eating tough meat is always harder for a
toothless lion.
Eating what you plant is better than begging
for leftovers.
Eating while seated makes one of large size;
eating while standing makes one strong.
Eating while seated makes one of large size;
eating while standing makes one strong.
Eating without sharing is like swearing with
your mouth.
Eats more than a fire.
Eats more than a whale.
Eavesdroppers never hear any good of
themselves.
Ebb does not follow ebb, flood is in between.
Ebery day a fishing-day, but no ebery day fe
ketch fish.
Ebery day debil help tief, one day god help
watchman.
Economize expenditure.
Economize now or suffer want later.
Economy is a great revenue.
Economy is the wealth of the poor and the
wisdom of the rich.
Education begins a gentleman, conversation
completes him.
Education doesn’t come by bumping your
head against the school house.
Education is a gift that none can take away.
Education is a subversive activity.
Education is the best provision for old age.
Education is the movement from darkness
to light.
Education is the poor man’s haven.
Education is the work of your entire life.
Education is what happens to us from the
day we born to the day we die.