Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth
more than giving lunch to the satisfied.
Giving much to the poor doth enrich a
man's store.
Giving promptly is like giving twice.
Giving what one does not possess is always
a sign of charity.
Glasgow people, Greenock folk, and Paisley
bodies.
Glasses and lasses are bruckle ware.
Glorious it is when wandering time is come.
Glory is fitting to God alone.
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
Glory lies still; abuse is running.
Gloves hide the ugliest hands.
Glow worms are not lanterns.
Glowing coals sparkle oft.
Glowworms are not lanterns.
Glum or morose people are difficult to
manage.
Glutton: one who digs his grave with his
teeth.
Gluttony and vanity grow with age.
Gluttony has killed more people than
famine has.
Gluttony has killed more than the sword.
Gluttony kills more than the sword.
Gnats, in great number, can beat an
elephant.
Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot.
Gnawing on bones is for dogs having teeth.
Go abroad and you'll hear news of home.
Go and wake up your cook.
Go and wake up your luck.
Go as far as you can see, and when you get
there you'll see further.
Go away and the conversation changes.
Go early to market and as late as you can to
battle.
Go early to the garden and the mill.
Go further and fare worse.
Go home and make a net if you desire to get
fishes.
Go hunting for rabbits - be eaten by wolves.
Go in God's name, for he takes a loaf of
mine.
Go in God's name--so you ride no witches.
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Go inquire of the other birds.
Go not every evening to your brother's
house.
Go not with every ailment to the doctor, nor
with every plaint to lawyer.
Go not with every ailment to the doctor,
with every plea to the lawyer, or with
every thirst to the can.
Go not with every hunger to the cupboard,
nor with every thirst to the pitcher.
Go often to the house of a friend; for weeds
soon choke up the unused path.
Go out for a day, get a full basket of
knowledge.
Go out from your village: don't let your
village go out form you.
Go quickly but don't fall off my step.
Go slowly and come slowly so that the cat
won't gore you.
Go slowly, you get farther.
Go softly and look afar.
Go softly at bad bits of road.
Go softly, come softly, so that the cat does
not gore you.
Go the extra mile
Go to a man who is in difficulty and you'll
get a bargain.
Go to bed late, rise early, you will see your
own harm and that of others.
Go to bed supperless and you will wake
without debt.
Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the
lark.
Go to bed without supper, you will rise
without debt.
Go to Catania for beautiful silk jackets.
Go to friends for advice, woman for love,
strangers for charity and relatives for
nothing.
Go to friends for advice; to women for pity;
to strangers for charity; to relatives for
nothing.
Go to the Devil for Gods-sake.
Go to the law for a sheep and lose your cow.
Go to the sea if you would fish well.
Go to the square and ask advice; go home
and do what you like.