Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A luna: in vintinovin ferma in trentan va.
A lying tongue had bereft him of life, and
all without reason of right.
A Mach and a Horshoe are both alike.
A mad bull is not to be tied up with a
packthread.
A mad dog bites anything except itself.
A mad dog cannot live long.
A mad man drops a rock into water well, so
that thousand wise men can not take it
out.
A mad parish, a mad priest.
A madman does not lack wisdom.
A madman drops a stone in a well, but
forty wise men cannot take it out.
A maid who laughs is half taken.
A maker of idols is never an idolater.
A malicious man is like a coal sack – black
on the outside and even blacker inside.
A malignant sore throat is a danger; a
malignant throat not sore is worse.
A man accused of stealing a goat should not
entertain his visitors with goats meat.
A man among children will long be a child;
a child among men will soon be a man.
A man and a goat can be friends but it
would be foolishness for the goat to pay
the first visit.
A man and a sheaf of straw make two.
A man as he manages himself may die old
at thirty, or young at eighty.
A man assailed is half overcome.
A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.
A man at forty is either a fool or a
physician.
A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.
A man becomes like those whose society he
loves.
A man can die but once.
A man can do more than he can.
A man can endure the worst pain – of
others.
A man can never be perfect in a hundred
years; but he may become corrupt in less
than a day.
A man can not sit down alone to plan for
prosperity.
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A man can pose as a wise when searching
for wisdom, but if he believes to have
find it, is a fool.
A man can sleep on every hurt but his own.
A man can’t be hanged for his thoughts.
A man can’t challenge his spirit in a
wrestling match.
A man can’t do more than he can do. What
says Don Ferdinando?
A man can’t get rich if he takes proper care
of his family.
A man canna bear a’ his kin on his back.
A man canna wive and thrive in the same
year.
A man cannot be a good physician if he has
never been sick himself.
A man cannot carry all his kin on his back.
A man cannot give what he hasn’t got.
A man cannot jump over his own shadow.
A man cannot spin and reel at the same
time.
A man cannot thrive except his wife let
him.
A man cannot undo his past. Can zebras
wipe away their stripes?
A man cannot wive and thrive the same
year.
A man changing his abode is like a woman
marrying.
A man chases a woman until she catches
him.
A man combs his hair every morning – why
not his heart?
A man comes from the dust and in the dust
he will end—and in the meantime it is
good to drink a sip of vodka.
A man coming from far away tells us what
he wants.
A man conducts himself abroad as he has
been taught at home.
A man convinced against his will is of the
same opinion still.
A man could die just cultivating fava beans
and the kitchen garden.
A man dances all the same, though he may
dance against his will.