Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Envy goes beyond avarice.
Envy is a kind of praise.
Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer.
Envy is blind.
Envy is destroyed by true friendship.
Envy is its own torturer.
Envy is left-handed praise.
Envy is the companion of glory.
Envy is the companion of great success.
Envy is the truest form of flattery.
Envy never dies.
Envy never has a holiday.
Envy no man.
Envy sees the sea but not the rocks.
Envy shoots at others, and wounds herself.
Envy waits on boasting.
Envy was never a good spokesman.
Epigrams succeed where epics fail.
Equal children play best.
Equality begins in the grave.
Equality is difficult, but superiority is pain-
ful.
Equality of man is an empty phrase so long
as it does not exist among the world’s
peoples.
Equals make the best friends.
Erring is human, forgiving is divine.
Erring is not cheating.
Error can’t be defended by error.
Error carries away the unteachable.
Error is no payment.
Escape from a tiger to be eaten by a
crocodile.
Escaping from the smoke he falls into the
fire.
Eternal peace lasts only until the next war.
Eternity has no grey hairs.
Eternity makes room for a salty cucumber.
Evah fool got ‘e sense.
Even a ball of wool has a beginning.
Even a big elephant can be caught in one
female hair.
Even a blind dove finds a grain of wheat at
times.
Even a blind hen can find a grain.
Even a blind man can recognize the glow of
latinum.
Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once
in awhile.
Even a blind pig may occasionally pick up
an acorn.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a
while.
Even a boy can beat a man when bound.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Even a cat is a lion in her own lair.
Even a child makes himself known by his
doings.
Even a child may beat a man that’s bound.
Even a clock that does not work is right
twice a day.
Even a clock that is not going is right twice a
day.
Even a close friend cannot rescue one from
old age.
Even a dog knows the difference between
being stumbled over and being kicked.
Even a dog will not eat a leg without flesh.
Even a fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it
kept its mouth shut.
Even a fly can show temper.
Even a fly has its anger.
Even a fly has its spleen.
Even a fool can govern if nothing happens.
Even a fool has one talent.
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps
silent, and discerning if he holds his
tongue.
Even a fool knows the glow of gold.
Even a fool sometimes speaks to the
purpose.
Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is
counted wise.
Even a frog would bite if it had teeth.
Even a haggis will run downhill.
Even a hair casts its shadow.
Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
Even a hare will insult a dead lion.
Even a healer’s lies are a big relief to a sick
person.
Even a heavy burden is light if lifted by
many.
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