Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books,
and old wine are best.
Old used-to-do-it-this-way don't help none
today.
Old wine and friends improve with age.
Old wine is good for the stomach.
Old wood lights better but burns out
quicker.
Old wounds easily bleed.
Old wounds soon bleed.
Older but instead of getting wiser, one gets
naughtier.
Older than you by a day, more
knowledgeable than you by a year.
Older than you by a day, wiser than you by
a year.
Olive flowers in June, olives in the hand.
Olives harvested with a heavy staff will
produce poor tasting oil.
On a dead tree there are no monkeys.
On a fishing lull, even a crayfish is fish.
On a fool's beard all learn to shave.
On a fool's beard the barber learns to shave.
On a green tree there are many parrots.
On a hot day muffle yourself more.
On a journey, the small prayer hat cannot be
washed. (If on a journey, behave like the
people of that place.)
On a long journey even a straw is heavy.
On a long journey, even a straw weighs
heavy.
On a rainy day many offer to water the
chickens.
On a small pretence the wolf devours the
sheep.
On a steep road, let your horse set the pace.
On a thief, the hat's on fire.
On an empty belly every burden is heavy.
On an unknown path every foot is slow.
On an uphill road, give your horse his reins.
On April 8th, the cuckoo's call must be
heard. If it isn't, either the cuckoo is dead
or is going to die.
On dry land even brackish water is good.
On earth it's hard and heaven is far away.
On entering a country, ask what is
forbidden, on entering a village, ask
453
what are the customs, on entering a
private house, ask what should not be
mentioned.
On every small pretext the wolf seizes the
sheep.
On fat land grow foulest weeds.
On painting and fighting look adreich.
On painting and fighting look aloof.
On poor people's beards the young barber
learns his trade.
On Saint Candelora day, if it's snowing or
raining, there'll be another forty days of
winter.
On Saint Thomas the Divine kill all turkeys,
geese and swine.
On the day a monkey dies, all the trees are
slippery.
On the day of victory no fatigue is felt.
On the day of victory no one is tired.
On the first of March, the crows begin to
search.
On the gallows, the first night is the worst.
On the hook of truth only small carp will
bite; in the net of falsehood the big
salmon are caught.
On the ladder to success there is always
somebody on the rung above you and
who uses your head to steady himself.
On the mat where you sleep don’t pollute.
(Don’t be careless with things because
you may need them again in the future.)
On the new year daylight increases as much
as a man's stride.
On the road between the homes of friends,
grass does not grow.
On the same boat in a tempest.
On the way out, the road is rough;
returning, it is smooth.
On thin ice everybody have the same
strength.
On which soil we stand on, that is where we
carry the weight of the sky.
On your own donkey it is quicker than on
someone else's racehorse.