Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Of oil, wine, and friends, the oldest.
Of one ill come many.
Of other men's leather large thongs.
Of other mens leather, men take large
whangs.
Of runes they spoke, and the reading of
runes was little withheld from their lips.
Of small account is a fly till it gets into the
eye.
Of soup and love, the first is best.
Of soup and love, the first is the best.
Of soups and loves the first are the best.
Of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh.
Of the dead, nothing but good.
Of the Earth mon the dike be biggit.
Of the good man a good pledge, and of the
bad neither pledge nor surety.
Of the good we have an understanding, for
fools we keep a stick upstairs.
Of the great and of the dead either speak
will or say nothing.
Of the malady a man fears, he dies.
Of the wealth of the world each has as much
as they take.
Of this world each man has as much as he
takes.
Of three things the devil makes a salad:
advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and
a third that shall be nameless.
Of twa ills chuse the least.
Of two cowards, the one who attacks
conquers the other.
Of two cowards, the one who finds the other
out first has the advantage.
Of two disputants, the warmer is generally
in the wrong.
Of two evils choose the least.
Of two evils choose the less.
Of two evils the least is always to be chosen.
Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the
least hypocritical.
Of two ills choose the least.
Of two lookers on one is sure to become a
player.
Of two wrongdoings one should choose the
best.
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Of war all can tattle, away from the battle.
Of what does not concern you say nothing,
good or bad.
Of what good is giving birth when later
there regrets of disrespect.
Of what use is a torch at midday?
Of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of
milk, if she upset the pail.
Of what use is the veil if you are going to
dance.
Of what you see, believe very little, of what
you are told, nothing.
Of wine the middle, of oil the top, and of
honey the bottom is best.
Of words and feathers, it takes many to
make a pound.
Of your enemies say nothing.
Of your wife and your tried friend believe
nothing but what you know for certain.
Offend one monk, and the lappets of all
cowls will flutter as far as Rome.
Offenders never pardon.
Offer a clown your finger, and he'll take
your fist.
Offer not the right hand of friendship to
every one.
Offer the lazy an egg, and they'll want you
to peel it for them.
Offer the lazy man an egg, and he'll want
you to peel it for him.
Office tests the man.
Office without pay makes thieves.
Oft counting makes good friends.
Often a branch is broken off the tree by the
one who has rested in its shadow.
Often a cow does not take after its breed.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
Often a troll-woman is under fair skin, and
virtue under dark hair.
Often does one desire what one does not
need.
Often has wise counsel comes from a fool's
head.
Often have the likely failed and the unlikely
prospered.