Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Good and bad make up a city.
Good and evil will never mix.
Good and quickly seldom meet.
Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
Good bargains are ruinous.
Good bargains empty the purse.
Good bargains empty your pockets.
Good beginning makes good endings.
Good behavior is a virtue for the man -- bad
behavior is the virtue of a woman.
Good behavior must start from the top.
Good blood always shows itself.
Good blood never lies.
Good blood will never lie.
Good broth may be made in an old pot.
Good brotherhood is the best wealth.
Good care prevents accidents.
Good care takes the head off bad luck.
Good chear, and good cheap, garres many
haunt the House.
Good comes from far away; evil is close at
hand.
Good comes to better, and better to bad.
Good company makes short miles.
Good company on a journey is worth a
coach.
Good company on the road is the shortest
cut.
Good company on the road is the shortest of
short cuts.
Good company will save you from bad
deeds.
Good connections should pay.
Good corn is not reaped from a bad field.
Good counsel comes over night.
Good counsel is no better than bad counsel,
if it be not taken in time.
Good counsel never comes too late.
Good counsel will not rot, if it be got in dry.
Good customers are as rare as latinum -
treasure them.
Good day to you all! said the fox, when he
got into the goose-pen.
Good day, axe-handles.
Good debts become bad unless called in.
Good deeds are the best prayer.
Good deeds banish bad ones.
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Good deeds never leave home, bad ones
echo a thousand miles.
Good drink drives out bad thoughts.
Good eating deserves good drinking.
Good eating deserveth good drinking.
Good enough for Government work.
Good eyes don't fear smoke.
Good faith is a seldom guest, when you
have him, hold him fast.
Good faith stole the cow.
Good fame is better than a good face.
Good fathers make good sons.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Good folks are scarce.
Good for nothing, better the wild beast
Good fortune is loaned, not owned.
Good fortune may forbode bad luck, which
may in turn disguise good fortune.
Good fortune wears a pretty dress but its
underclothes do not bear investigation.
Good fruit never comes from a bad tree.
Good grape becomes fox's possession.
Good habits result from resisting tempta-
tion.
Good health and good sense are two great
blessings.
Good health is the sister of beauty.
Good horses can't be of a bad color.
Good hunters track narrowly.
Good husband makes a good wife
Good is good, but better beats it.
Good is good, but better carries it.
Good is the delay which makes sure.
Good is the fowl which another rears.
Good judgement comes from experience,
and experience comes from poor
judgement.
Good land and a good wife bring a man
well-being.
Good land should not be quitted for a bad
landlord.
Good land, evil way.
Good leading makes good following.
Good listening does not mean sitting dumb.