Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of
people on earth: of priests, else one
would not have six or seven benefices; of
gentleman, else every boor would not
want to be a squire; of whores, else
married women and nuns would not
carry on the trade; of Jews, else
Christians would not practise usury.
Folks spend their health to acquire wealth
and later spend their wealth in an effort
to regain their health.
Follie is a bonny Dog.
Follow bees and you will get honey.
Follow love and it will flee thee: flee love
and it will follow thee.
Follow Love and it will flee, Flee love and it
will follow thee.
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it
will follow.
Follow love, and it will flee from thee; leave
it, and it will follow thee.
Follow not truth too near the heels lest it
dash out your teeth.
Follow the advice of the one who makes you
cry, not from the one who makes you
laugh.
Follow the customs or flee the country.
Follow the good and learn their ways.
Follow the liar right to his door.
Follow the river and you will get to the sea.
Follow the road and you will reach an inn.
Follow the saint no further than his
doorstep.
Follow the villagers when you are in the
new village.
Follow the wise few rather than the vulgar
many.
Follows more than a shadow.
Folly and learning often dwell together.
Folly hath eagle's wings, but the eyes of an
owl.
Folly is the most incurable of maladies.
Folly is the product of all countries and
ages.
Folly lives next door to knowledge.
Fond of lawsuits, little wealth; fond of
doctors, little health; fond of friars, little
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honour.
Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse; Ere
fancy you consult, consult your purse.
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man,
but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
Food is delicious when one is hungry.
Food is no more important than wisdom,
the beginning of wisdom is the fear of
God.
Food tastes best when you eat it with your
own spoon.
Food you will not eat you do not boil.
Fool hast is no speed.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice,
prepare to die.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice,
shame on me.
Fooled once shame on you, fooled twice
shame on me.
Foolhardiness made the rat try to jump over
the fireplace.
Foolish boys, wise men.
Foolish fear doubleth danger.
Foolish spending is a father of poverty.
Foolish tongues talk by the dozen.
Foolish world, why are you scratching
around in the dark?
Foolishness first, then wisdom.
Fools and bairns should never see half-done
work.
Fools and children should never look at
unfinished work.
Fools and children tell the truth.
Fools and knives require good handling.
Fools and obstinate men make lawyers rich.
Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers.
Fools and scissors require good handling.
Fools and stubborn people make rich
lawyers.
Fools and the perverse fill the lawyers'
purse.
Fools are fain of flitting.
Fools are fain of right nought.
Fools are free all the world over.
Fools are like other folks as long as they are
silent.