Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
I prefer death to disgrace.
I protect myself from my enemies; may God
protect me from my friends.
I proud and thou proud, who shall bear the
ashes out?
I refuse to fight does not mean I am a cow-
ard.
I regret that I have given what I have.
I rejoice that Kolomba's mother is dead.
I renounce the friend who eats what is mine
with me, and what is his own by himself.
I renounce the golden basin in which I have
to spit blood.
I rest, therefore I rust.
I saw a man, who saw another man, who
saw the sea.
I saw and was silent, I saw and pondered, I
listened to the speech of men.
I saw from a distance, a baboon cut its
throat. (Examine something first before
doing it, as it may have painful
consequences.)
I saw people tending to the one who has
money.
I saw you at Lucca, I knew you at Pisa.
I say it to you, daughter; hear it, daughter-in
-law.
I scratch where it itches not.
I see by my daughter's face when the devil
lays hold of my son-in-law.
I see by my mother-in-law's eyes when the
devil takes hold of her.
I see the better course and approve of it; I
follow, alas. the worse.
'i see,' said the blind man when he was
directed on his way.
I sell it for what I bought it.
I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be
by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee.
I shall hold his Nose to the Grindstone.
I shall not suffer illness while doctors
abound.
I shall paint you in your own colours.
I shall sit on his skirt.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal
in fiction.
I shall teach you to pipe into glove.
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I simply state what I have heard.
I sing the song of the person whose bread I
eat.
I speak of garlic, you reply about onions.
I speak to you, daughter; hear it daughter-in
-law.
I stubborn and you stubborn, who is to carry
the load?
I suspected this might happen, said the one
that was kicked out.
I taught him archery everyday, and when he
got good at it he throw an arrow at me.
I tell my daughter, my daughter-in-law
should understand it.
I tell no, I don't you no but the habit in you
prevails. And the tail of the dog never
straightens up even if you hang to it a
brick.
I tell you one thing, two will result from it.
I think mair o yer kindness than it's aa
worth.
I thought I had made the sign of the cross --
and I hurt my eye.
I thought I had no husband, and I eat up the
stew.
I thought to cross myself, and I put out my
eye.
I today, you tomorrow.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons
strike hard.
I too can lead the geese to water when it
rains.
I travel the river of blood.
I tried to do charity, I burned.
I tried to draw the eyebrow, but I ended up
poking the eye.
I used to feel sorry for myself because I had
no shoes until I met a man who was
dead.
I want more for my teeth than for my
relations.
I want no drones in my bee-hive.
I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I
met a man who had no feet.
I was wise once, when I was born I cried.