Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It is a sorry house where the hens crow and
the cock is silent.
It is a splinter in the eye of somebody.
It is a stupid dog that barks at an elephant.
It is a stupid goose that listens to the fox
preach.
It is a surprise that the cock should hold a
grudge against the pot, instead of the
knife that killed it.
It is a thief that can trace the footsteps of
another thief on a rock.
It is a' tint that is done to auld folk and
bairns.
It is a wise child that knows its own father.
It is a wise man who can laugh at his own
jokes.
It is a wise man who lives with money in the
bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
It is a wise son that knows his own father.
It is a wretched position to be dependent on
others for support.
It is a wretched thing to injure a poor man.
It is advantageous to follow advice, for you
will succeed in life.
It is all one whether you are bit a dog or a
bitch.
It is all one whether you die of sickness or of
love.
It is all over: I may as well go and hand
myself.
It is all right to drink like a fish if you drink
what a fish drinks.
It is always a pleasure to greet a friend from
afar.
It is always good to have two strings to your
bow.
It is always the fat ones who lead the dance.
It is always the impossible that happens.
It is always the potato of another family's
boy that extinguishes the fire.
It is always the potato of another family's
boy that extinguishes the fire.
It is always time to do good.
It is always well to keep hold of your horse's
bridle.
It is an absurdity that he should rule others
who cannot command himself.
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It is an easy matter for a stingy man to get
rich -- but what's the use?
It is an easy task to improve upon an
invention.
It is an easy thing to find a staff to beat a
dog.
It is an egg of Columbus.
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and
to trust nobody.
It is an honourable thing to be accused by
those who are open to accusation.
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
It is an ill cause that the lawyers think
shame.
It is an ill thing to be deceived, but worse to
deceive.
It is an ill turn that does no good to any one.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody any
good.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
It is an irresponsible adult that creates
enmity because of a disagreement that
arises between two children.
It is an ugly bird that defiles its own nest.
It is an unthinking man who achieves
prosperity, and then finds with time, that
his body can no longer pass through the
door.
It is approved alchemy to have an income
and spend nothing.
It is as bad to have too many friends as no
friends at all.
It is as bad to spit out the fire and be
shamed, as it is to swallow it and be
burnt.
It is as cheap sitting as standing.
It is as difficult to win love as it is to pack
salt in pine needles.
It is as meet as a Sow to bear a Saddle.
It is as meet as a thief for the widdie.
It is as much intemperance to weep too
much, as to laugh too much.
It is as natural to be born as to die.