Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Every one feels the cold according as he is
clad.
Every one finds fault with his own trade.
Every one finds sin sweet and repentance
bitter.
Every one for himself, and God for us all.
Every one gives himself credit for more
brains than he has, and less money.
Every one goes with his own sack to the
mill.
Every one has a fool in his sleeve.
Every one has his master.
Every one has his place: the dead in the
cemetery and the living at the table.
Every one hates the red ant on a kola nut
because he cannot eat or sell it.
Every one his own, is but fair.
Every one in his own house, and God in all
men’s.
Every one is a king in his own house.
Every one is a preacher under the gallows.
Every one is a thief in his own craft.
Every one is emperor on his own ground.
Every one is glad to see a knave caught in
his own trap.
Every one is innocent until he is proved
guilty.
Every one is wise after the event.
Every one is wise for his own profit.
Every one is wise when the mischief is done.
Every one knows best where the shoe
pinches him.
Every one likes justice in another’s house,
none in his own.
Every one must pay his debt to nature.
Every one must row with the oars he has.
Every one praises his own saint.
Every one preaches for his own saint.
Every one rakes the fire under his own pot.
Every one reaps as he sows.
Every one says: My right is good.
Every one sees his smart coat, no one sees
his shrunken belly.
Every one should sweep before his own
door.
Every one sings as he has the gift, and
marries as he has the luck.
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Every one sneezes as God pleases.
Every one speaks as he is.
Every one speaks of the fair as he himself
finds it.
Every one speaks of the feast as he finds it.
Every one stretches his legs according to the
length of his coverlet.
Every one takes his flogging in his own way.
Every one takes his pleasure where he finds
it.
Every one thinks he has more than his share
of brains.
Every one thinks himself without sin
because he has not those of others.
Every one thinks his own a falcon.
Every one thinks his sack heaviest.
Every one thinks that all the bells echo his
own thoughts.
Every one to his equal.
Every one to his liking.
Every one to his own calling, and the ox to
the plough.
Every one to his taste.
Every one tries to cross the fence where it is
lowest.
Every one wishes to bring water to his own
mill, and leave his neighbour’s dry.
Every opportunity passed is lost.
Every path has its puddle.
Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
Every peasant is proud of the pond in his
village because from it he measures the
sea.
Every peddler praises his own junk.
Every peddler praises his own needles.
Every peddler speaks highly about his own
needles.
Every pedlar praises his needles.
Every person admires his own character.
Every person is a fool in some person’s
opinion.
Every person is observant to the flaws of
others and blind to his own flaws.
Every picture tells a story
Every pig has it Martinmas.