Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
In the looking-glass we see our form, in
wine the heart.
In the matter of pigs, all is money, and in the
matter of money, all are pigs.
In the midst of great joy do not promise to
give a man anything; in the midst of
great anger do not answer a man's letter.
In the midst of life we are in death
In the midst of our mirth some annoyance
always arises to vex us.
In the mirror everybody sees his best friend.
In the moment of crisis, the wise build
bridges and the foolish build dams.
In the morning be first up, and in the
evening last to go to bed, for they that
sleep catch no fish.
In the morning of life, work; in the mid day
give council; in the evening, pray.
In the mouth of a crocodile your arm should
not pass, for the fear of getting wounds.
(Don’t do something dangerous
deliberately because it may have painful
consequences.)
In the ocean, one does not need to sow
water.
In the olive grove, a wise man at the feet and
a wild man at the head.
In the place a donkey dies, fur remains.
In the planting season visitors come singly,
and in harvest time they come in crowds.
In the presence of elderly people one must
not pour water.
In the presence of fate, the physician
becomes a fool.
In the presence of princes the cleverest jester
is mute.
In the presence of the tongue, the teeth do
not litigate.
In the presence of your neighbor don't
praise your wife or his.
In the report, of riches and goodness always
bate one half.
In the rich woman's house she always
commands; he never.
In the shallowest waters, the ugliest fish
swim.
In the shelter of each other, the people live.
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In the shop of the sightless jeweler, the ruby
and pebble are one.
In the small lanes there are no brothers or
friends.
In the snare laid for others is your foot
taken.
In the South they don't care how close you
get, as long as you don't get too high. In
the North, they don't care how high you
get, as long as you don't get too close.
In the tail lies the venom.
In the tilled bare soul you cannot hide
yourself. (Things done in public can
never be made private.)
In the times of czar Goroch.
In the very act of committing an offence.
In the village that you don't know, the
chickens have teeth.
In the village without dogs the farmers walk
without sticks.
In the villages where there are no oxen, the
sheep's feet seem strong.
In the visible church the true Christians are
invisible.
In the war of love who flies conquers.
In the word is life, in the word is death.
In the world all things are two and two.
In the world of books, the mind-set of the
reader is of great importance.
In the world there are more insane than
sane.
In the world there is more madness than
sanity.
In the young, silence is better than speech.
In this treacherous world there is neither
truth nor lie; everything is like the color
of the crystal through which you gaze.
In this world a pint of sweetness and a
barrel of bitterness.
In this world generous people have no
money and those with money are not
generous.
In this world I greet my oldest survivor --
the earth.