Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It is foolish for someone to seek credit for his
ancestor's achievements.
It is foolish to deal with a fool.
It is for saying that he has no time that the
monkey's body became over-grown with
long hairs.
It is from a small seed that the giant Iroko
tree has its beginning.
It is from listening to old men that you learn
wisdom.
It is god who cures, and the physician gets
the money.
It is good baking beside the meal.
It is good baking besides meal.
It is good everywhere, but it is the best at
home.
It is good fishing in drumbling waters.
It is good fishing in streamy water (It is
good fishing in troubled waters).
It is good fishing in troubled waters.
It is good for somebody as well as bad for
someone else.
It is good gear that pleases the merchant.
It is good grafting on a good stock.
It is good living under the shadow of the
belfry.
It is good mows that fills the wemb.
It is good rowing with set sail.
It is good rowing with the sail set.
It is good sailing with wind and tide.
It is good sheltering under an old hedge.
It is good sleeping in a hale skin.
It is good speaking that improves good
silence.
It is good spinning from another's yarn.
It is good to be out of harms gate.
It is good to be priest at Easter, child in Lent,
peasant at Christmas, and foal in harvest
-time.
It is good to be sib to siller.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be visiting, but it is better at
home.
It is good to beat a proud man when he is
alone.
It is good to buy when another wants to sell.
It is good to dance on another man's floor.
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It is good to go afoot when one is tired of
riding.
It is good to have a hatch before the door.
It is good to have an old man at home.
It is good to have friends everywhere.
It is good to have friends in all parts.
It is good to have friends, even in hell.
It is good to have some friends both in
heaven and in hell.
It is good to hold the clothes of one who is
swimming.
It is good to know the truth and to speak the
truth. It is even better to know the truth
and speak about palm trees.
It is good to know the truth, but it is better
to speak of palm trees.
It is good to lend to God and to the soil--
they pay good interest.
It is good to look homewards.
It is good to make a bridge of gold to a
flying enemy.
It is good to marry late or never.
It is good to pay with other people's money.
It is good to relax now and then.
It is good to sleep in a whole skin.
It is good to strike the serpent's head with
your enemy's hand.
It is good to swim near a boat.
It is good to tell one's heart.
It is good to wait for a man that is alive.
It is good to warm oneself by another's fire.
It is hard baith to have and want.
It is hard even for the most selfish man to
eat fish in the darkness.
It is hard for a greedy eye to have a leal
heart.
It is hard for an empty bag to stand itself
alone.
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
It is hard for an ex-king to become a night
watchman.
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
It is hard to blow with a full mouth.
It is hard to break a hog of an ill custom.