Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men that crawl, never fall.
Men that have much business must have
much pardon.
Men trip not on mountains they trip on
molehills.
Men were born with bread in their hands
women were born with empty hands.
Men who have lost heart never yet won a
trophy.
Men who have no religion, no honour.
Men who watch their fortune grow find
their houses too small.
Men will always lose the battle against
cholera and bureaucracy.
Men will give away their last shirt to
become millionaires.
Men will love each other as long as one is
richer than the other.
Men will not be fortunate without a helping
hand from misfortune.
Men will only throw stones at trees that are
laden with fruit.
Men worship the rising, not the setting sun.
Men would not be richer for being miserly;
generosity does not make a man poorer.
Mend the pen only after the sheep are all
gone.
Mends is worth misdeeds.
Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for
priests.
Men's skins have many colors, but human
blood is always red.
Mention not a rope in the house of one
whose father was hanged.
Meowing cats catch fewer mice.
Merchandise from afar is lost en route.
Merchant to-day, beggar to-morrow.
Merchant's goods are ebb and flood.
Mercy killed Mr. Partridge. (To show
kindness without thinking can invite
painful consequences.)
Mercy killed the mortar maker. (To show
kindness without thinking can invite
painful consequences.)
Mercy or power.
Mercy resides in God; deeds are in men.
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Mere intentions are not to be esteemed as
actions.
Mere life is not a victory, mere death is not a
defeat.
Mere words do not feed the friars.
Merit and glory never adorn a nightcap.
Merit consists in action.
Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the
reason is it produces two bad effects,
envy and fear.
Merit is often belied by the countenance.
Messengers should be neither beheaded nor
hanged.
Messina is clever, Palermo is pompous;
Messina is rich, Palermo is greedy.
Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.
Mewing cats catch no mice.
Mi come here fi drink milk, mi noh come
here fi count cow.
Mi taku oyasin.
Mice always return to their own little holes.
Mice care not to play with kittens.
Michael is quits; he lost a ducat and gained a
rabbit.
Michael, Michael, you have no bees, and yet
you sell honey.
Mickle head, little wit.
Mickle wad aye hae mare.
Mickle Water runs, where the Miller sleeps.
Midday sun is the remedy for a cold.
Midsummer night is not long but it sets
many cradles rocking.
Midway between the earth and the starry
Olympus.
Might and courage require wit in their suite.
Might have gone further and have fared
worse.
Might is not right.
Might is right.
Might knows no right.
Might oftentimes overcomes right.
Might overcomes right.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
Migration is a sign of protect.