Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It is better to walk around a bush than fight
with a dog.
It is better to walk fast than to grow angry at
the forest.
It is better to walk than curse the road.
It is better to walk than to run; it is better to
stand than to walk; it is better to sit than
to stand; it is better to lie than to sit.
It is better to wear mended clothes than
being without clothes or bare.
It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's
sheets.
It is better to weep with wise men than to
laugh with fools.
It is better to work in your own land than to
count your money abroad.
It is better to write down something once
than read it ten times.
It is bitter fare to eat one's own words.
It is bread that keeps one warm, not fur.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but
it is a grave fault to speak of matters on
which we should be silent.
It is but fair that he who requires indulgence
for his own offences should grant it to
others.
It is by believing in roses that one brings
them to bloom.
It is by forging that one becomes a
blacksmith.
It is by the strength of their number that the
ants in the field are able to carry their
prey to the nest.
It is childish to remain in a hole when you
can take yourself out.
It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not
good weapons.
It is cruel to refer to those things which
cause sorrow.
It is dangerous to eat cherries with the great,
they throw the stones at your head.
It is dear bought honey that is lickt off a
thorn.
It is dear honey that must be licked off
thorns.
It is dear-bought butter that is licked off a
woolcomb.
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It is difficult for two long-nosed lovers to
kiss.
It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark
room -- especially if the cat isn't there.
It is difficult to find a man but it's easy to
recognize him.
It is difficult to get many heads under one
hat.
It is difficult to hide what everybody knows.
It is difficult to repay the gifts you get at a
wedding or a funeral.
It is difficult to scare people who think they
will profit from dying.
It is difficult to soothe the proud.
It is difficult to spit honey out of a mouth
full of gall.
It is difficult to steal when the boss is a thief.
It is difficult to swim against the stream.
It is difficult to teach a cow to climb a tree.
It is difficult to throw a stone at a lizard that
is clinging to a pot.
It is difficult to tie an unborn horse to the
manger.
It is difficult to trap an old fox.
It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy,
or to abuse a dead one.
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle than it is for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of heaven.
It is easier for the horse when a woman gets
off the cart.
It is easier for the son to ask from the father
than for the father to ask from the son.
It is easier not to commit a sin than to repent
it.
It is easier ro believe than to go and ask.
It is easier to abstain than to restrain.
It is easier to be a happy bachelor for a year
than a widower for a month.
It is easier to bear a child once a year than to
shave every day.
It is easier to beat two devils into a child,
than one devil out.
It is easier to believe than to go and ask.