Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A lawsuit for a maravedi consumes a real’s
worth of paper.
A lawsuit is a fruit-tree planted in a
lawyer’s garden.
A lawyer and a cart-wheel must be greased.
A lawyer and a cartwheel must be well
greased.
A lawyer and a wagon wheel must be well
greased.
A lawyer looks at you with one eye, but he
looks at your pocket with two.
A lawyer needs three bags: one full of
papers, one full of money, and one full
of patience.
A lawyer never goes to law himself.
A lawyer’s fee and a harlot’s wages are
paid in advance.
A lawyer’s opinion is worth nothing unless
paid for.
A lazy boy and a warm bed are difficult to
part.
A lazy chick that exposes itself will be a
delicious meal for the eagle.
A lazy fly cannot have a taste of a fresh
wound.
A lazy man is the devils handyman.
A lazy man plants on a mad bark as an
excuse for not planting.
A lazy man will be an astrologer.
A lazy man will remember he has not
planted when is neighbour is
harvesting.
A lazy man works twice.
A lazy man’s farm is the breeding ground
for snakes.
A lazy messenger is not short of excuses.
A lazy ox is little the better for the goad.
A lazy person with a nephew does not eat
dry rice.
A lazy tailor finds his thread too long.
A lazy thief is better than a lazy servant.
A lazy woman is never virtuous.
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
A leader does not listen to rumors.
A leader does not rise for a squirrel.
A leader is he who tells his people what
they must hear, not what they want to
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hear.
A leader is judged not by the length of his
reign but by the decisions he makes.
A leader is not necessarily one who knows
the way but one who thinks he knows
the way.
A leader must stand alone.
A leader who does not take advice is not a
leader.
A leader who understands proverbs
reconciles difficulties.
A lean agreement is better than a fat
judgement.
A lean agreement is better than a fat
lawsuit.
A lean calf forgets to skip.
A lean compromise is better than a fat
lawsuit.
A lean fee is a fit reward for a lazy clerk.
A lean horse does not kick.
A leap year is never a good sheep year.
A learned man has always wealth in
himself.
A learned man is twice born.
A learned man without work is a cloud
without rain.
A lengthy sermon is intolerable.
A leopard cannot change its spots
A leopard is chasing us, and you are asking
me, “Is it a male or a female?”
A leopard is such an elusive animal that it
can only be caught by the combined
force of a man and his father-in-law.
A leopard’s spots: or, what is bred in the
babe will come out in the flesh.
A letter from the heart can be read on the
face.
A letter from the heart can be read on the
face.
A letter once written cannot be recalled.
A liar can go round the world but cannot
come back.
A liar is caught sooner than a lame dog.
A liar is forgetful.
A liar is not believed even if he tells the
truth.