Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It is easier to blame than do better.
It is easier to build two hearths than always
to keep fire on one.
It is easier to carry an empty cup than one
that is filled to the brim.
It is easier to catch a bird at night than day.
It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to
take back an escaped word.
It is easier to climb down than up.
It is easier to cover our feet with sandals
than to cover the earth with carpets.
It is easier to criticize than to do better.
It is easier to dam a river than to stop the
flow of gossip.
It is easier to demolish a house than to build
one.
It is easier to descend than ascend.
It is easier to descend than to ascend.
It is easier to destroy than to build.
It is easier to fill 20 bellies than one pair of
the eyes.
It is easier to fill a rogue's belly than his eye.
It is easier to fill twenty bellies than one pair
of eyes.
It is easier to fondle lassies, than to cut
timbers.
It is easier to forgive than to forget.
It is easier to get a chicken back in the egg
than to undo a slander.
It is easier to get away from the back than
the bottom.
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
It is easier to give orders than to work.
It is easier to govern a country than a son.
It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a
girl in love.
It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas
than a woman.
It is easier to know how to do than it is to
do.
It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch
than to make a fool listen to reason.
It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl
than a peasant-girl of a lady.
It is easier to milk a cow that stands still.
It is easier to prevent ill habits than to break
them.
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It is easier to pull down than to build up.
It is easier to pull down than to build.
It is easier to put leather on the soles of one's
feet than cover the world with leather.
It is easier to raise the Devil than to lay him.
It is easier to run from virtue to vice, than
from vice to virtue.
It is easier to stem the brook than the river.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to
satisfy all that follow it.
It is easier to take a couple of drinks than to
refuse them.
It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.
It is easier to transport a termite hill than
have authority in a village.
It is easier to visit friends than to live with
them.
It is easier to visit your friends than to live
with them.
It is easier to wage war with wise enemies
than be at peace with foolish friends.
It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas
than one young girl.
It is easier to win good luck than to retain it.
It is easy for a man in health to preach
patience to the sick.
It is easy for someone to talk about fasting
when he has a full belly.
It is easy for the single guy to divorce his
wife.
It is easy robbing when the dog is quieted.
It is easy to advise the wise.
It is easy to bake where there is plenty of
meal.
It is easy to be a man. It is hard to make
oneself human.
It is easy to be born, it is difficult to be a
human being.
It is easy to be brave from a distance.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
It is easy to be generous out of another
man's purse.
It is easy to be generous with another man's
money.