Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Listen to valuable statements even if they
come from your enemy's mouth.
Listen to what they say about others, and
you will know what they say about you.
Listen to what they say of others and you
will know what they say of you.
Listen with both ears, but speak with only
one tongue.
Listen with each ear, then to judgment.
Listen with kindness for a clear explanation.
Listen with one ear; be suspicious with the
other.
Listen with your ears, look with your eyes,
but keep silent with your mouth.
Listen with your heart. Learn from your
experiences, and always be open to new
ones.
Listeners hear no good of themselves.
Listeners never hear any good of
themselves.
Listeners never hear good of themselves.
Listening is the most difficult skill to learn
and the most important to have.
Listening looks easy, but it's not that simple.
Every head is a world.
Listening to a liar is like drinking warm
water.
Listening to good advice is the way to
wealth.
Listening well is as powerful as talking well,
and is also as essential to true
conversation.
Literature is a good staff but a bad crutch.
Little and lasting is better than much and
passing.
Little and nothing are relatives.
Little and often fills the purse.
Little and often makes a heap in time.
Little beard, little modesty.
Little bird, little nest.
Little birds know each other’s singing.
(people of the same character or with
similar hobbies stay together)
Little birds may pick a dead lion.
Little birds that can sing and won't sing
must be made to sing.
Little boats must keep the shore, larger boats
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may venture more.
Little brooks make great rivers.
Little by little and bit by bit.
Little by little filled the winnowing basket.
(Even doing things a little at a time can
accomplish a task.)
Little by little fills up the bowl.
Little by little fills up the measure.
Little by little grow the bananas.
Little by little one goes far.
Little by little that a bird builds its nest.
Little by little the bird builds its nest.
Little by little the cotton thread becomes a
turban.
Little by little the measure is filled.
Little by little the mouse finishes the hide.
Little by little the wool becomes a carpet.
Little by little, a little becomes a lot.
Little by little, an egg will walk.
Little by little, one catches the monkey in the
jungle.
Little by little, the bird builds its nest.
Little by little, the camel goes into the
couscous.
Little by little, to tie a bundle. (Even doing
things a little at a time can accomplish a
task.)
Little cares speak, great ones are dumb.
Little children and headaches, great children
and heartaches.
Little children, little problems; big children,
big problems.
Little children, little sorrows; big children,
great sorrows.
Little chips kindle fire, and big logs sustain
it.
Little crab hole spoil big race horse
Little drops of water, little grains of sand,
make the mighty ocean and the pleasant
land.
Little drops produce the shower.
Little enemies and little wounds are not to
be despised.
Little fish are sweet.
Little fishes make the pike big.