Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It's better to have a thousand enemies
outside of the tent than one inside the
tent.
It's better to have few pleasures than many
troubles.
It's better to have lots of children than to
have lots of material goods.
It's better to have loved and lost than never
to have loved at all.
It's better to have no spoon than to have no
soup.
It's better to have ringworm than a farm and
vineyard.
It's better to know yourself that someone to
tell you who you're.
It's better to lie a little than to be unhappy.
It's better to light a candle than curse the
darkness.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the
darkness.
It's better to live with a dumb person than a
liar.
It's better to not read at all than to believe
everything you read. The day you decide
to do it is your lucky day.
It's better to pick a fight with your in-laws
than with your neighbors.
It's better to return from the centre of the
ford than drown in the flood.
It's better to see once than hear a hundred
times.
It's better to sleep on the floor in an incense
shop than in a bed in a fishmarket.
Its better to stand on your own feet than
someone elses.
Its better to stumble with your feet than to
stumble with your mouth.
It's better to tell your money where to go
than to ask where it went.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive
It's better to try than to hope.
It's better when people wonder why you
didn't say something than why you did.
It's better who God helps than who early
arouses.
It's but kindly that the pock savour of the
herring.
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It's by following his friends that a crab lost
its hiding place.
It's by the head that the cow gives the milk.
It's by the mouth of the cow that the milk
comes.
It's difficult to build a boat plank against the
wave.
It's difficult to chain up an old dog.
It's difficult to choose between two blind
goats.
It's difficult to draw pure water from a dirty
well.
It's difficult to take a wolf cub without
bringing in the whole pack.
It's difficult to trust a woman.
It's dogged as does it.
It's dog's delight to bark and bite, but little
children never.
It's dress in a man, bindings in baskets'
edge.
It's dumb to put snow on the kitchen spit,
the snow melts and the fire goes out.
It's easier for the horses when the woman
gets off the cart.
It's easier to be a critic than an author.
It's easier to catch a liar than a limping
person.
It's easier to forgie than to forget.
It's easier to go down than up.
It's easier to know your enemies than to
know your friends.
It's easier to lose faith than to find it again.
It's easier to make it than to think about it.
It's easier to tear a hole than to mend one.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
It's easy to halve the potato where there's
love.
It's easy to keep a castle that's not besieged.
It's easy to knead when meal is at hand.
It's easy to say "May Allah roast the lion's
mother," when the lion isn't there.
It's easy to take Kati to the dance, if she is
also willing.
It's easy to throw something into the river
but hard to get it out again.