Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It is useful to first see the spark before the
fire.
It is useless to gape against an oven.
It is useless to knock at the door of a deaf
man.
It is usual of a person found guilty in a trial
to boast that he would press his case
further.
It is usually dark below the candlestick.
It is vain to do that by a multitude which a
few can accomplish.
It is vain to fish if the hook is not baited.
It is vain to fish without a hook, or learn to
read without a book.
It is very savoury to eat scot free.
It is wanted and repellent.
It is weil warit that wasters warn geir.
It is weil warit they have sorrow, that buyes
it with their silver.
It is well said, but who will bell the Cat?
It is well that our faults are not written on
our faces.
It is well that our fauts are not written.
It is well to buy oil as well as salt.
It is well to fly low on account of the
branches.
It is well to have clean bread in one's wallet.
It is well to know how to be silent till it is
time to speak.
It is well to learn from the errors of others,
since there is not time enough to make
all of them by yourself.
It is well to leave off playing when the game
is at its best.
It is well war'd that wasters want.
It is what the eyes of one man sees that is
described as a boa constrictor.
It is when one holds the sacrificial lamb that
he begins to seek the gods.
It is when there is a stampede, that a person
with big buttocks knows that he carries a
load.
It is wisdom to prevent someone from
whom one cannot accept repayment to
have access to one's valuable
possessions.
It is worms which destroy a tree, it is worry
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which destroys a man.
It is worse to be sick in the soul than in
body.
It is worse to be wounded by words than a
sword.
It is worse to excuse than to offend.
It is written in sacred scripture: where grass
is growing you don't need fertilizer.
It isn’t over till the fat lady sings
It isn't a fit night out for man nor beast.
It isn't the whistle that pulls the train.
It just makes things worse.
It keeps his nose at the grindstane.
It little avails the unfortunate to be brave.
It makes a difference if the pope is on your
side.
It makes chicken laugh.
It makes no difference. It's as broad as it is
long.
It makes no sense to try to forge the iron
whilst it is still cold.
It mars to tie the dog to the butter stamp.
It matters less to a person where they are
born than where they can live.
It matters little whether we are the slaves of
circumstance, or of man.
It may be a fire today -- tomorrow it will be
ashes.
It may be a fire today, but tomorrow it will
be only ashes.
It may be easier to perceive error than to
find truth.
It may be quieter to sleep alone, but not
warmer.
It may be said that noisy barrels are easier to
carry.
It may not pay to weigh everyone in the
same scales.
It may smell like a melon, but is it going to
make you sick?
It may take a lot of time to fabricate a lie but
the truth only takes seconds to elevate.
It must be a hard winter when one wolf
devours another.