Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Long sleep makes a bare back.
Long sleep makes hot rowing.
Long standing, and little offering, makes a
poor price.
Long talk makes short days.
Long tarrowing takes all the thank away.
Long tongue -- short hands.
Long tongue, short hand.
Long visits bring short compliments.
Long vouched for is not donated.
Long ways, long lies.
Long whiskers cannot take the place of
brains.
longer than a seperation day.
Longer than the winter's night.
Long-talked-of comes at last.
Look after a little living thing, so that the
little living thing will look after you.
(take care of children)
Look after me, and i'll look after you.
Look after number one.
Look after that which is down properly so
that the one which is up should come
down.
Look after the pennies, and the pounds will
look after themselves.
Look after your property, and you won't
accuse your neighbour of being a thief.
Look and keep silent, and if you are eating
meat, tell the world it's fish.
Look at a leopard through a pipe.
Look at my color, know my mood.
Look at the man you serve and you will see
how much you are esteemed.
Look at the mirrow, but don’t set your mind
on it. Accidents.
Look at the mother before marrying the
daughter.
Look at the mother, marry the daughter.
Look at the strainer that tells the skimmer:
You have three holes.
Look at who I am and not who I was.
Look before you leap
Look before you leap, for snakes among
sweet flowers do creep.
Look down if you want to know how tall
you are.
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Look down if you would know how high
you stand.
Look first at the mother and then the
daughter.
Look for a black goat while it is still
daytime.
Look for a thing until you find it and you'll
not lose your labor.
Look for a thrifty woman -- even though it
may cost you a pair of shoes.
Look for cake, and lose your bread.
Look for misfortune, or it will track you
down first.
Look for the good and let the bad things
come on their own.
Look for the good, and let the bad come on
its own.
Look for the good, not the evil, in the
conduct of members of the family.
Look for the hog at the oak.
Look for wind in a field.
Look high and fall low.
Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
Look not at thieves eating meat, but look at
them suffering punishment.
Look not out for dead men's shoes.
Look on the bright side.
Look out for others and god will look out
for you.
Look to the past to help us move forward in
the future.
Look to thyself when thy neighbour's house
is on fire.
Look to your enemy for a chance to succeed.
Look to your near neighbour rather than to
your distant brother.
Look to yourself when your neighbour's
house is on fire.
Look with suspicion on the flight of an
enemy.
Lookers-on see more than players.
Lookers-on see most of the game.
Looking at a king's mouth one would never
think he sucked his mother's breast.