Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A man must keep his mouth open a long
while before a roast pigeon files into it.
A man must make himself despicable
before he is despised by others.
A man must make his own arrows.
A man must plough with such oxen as he
hath.
A man must put grain in the ground before
he can cut the harvest.
A man must suffer in silence.
A man need never revenge himself; the
body of his enemy will be brought to his
own door.
A man need not look in your mouth to
know how old you are.
A man never becomes an orator if he has
something to say.
A man never grows up until his father dies.
A man o’ words, and no o’ deeds, is like a
garden fu’ o’ weeds.
A man of character is resistant to
temptation.
A man of courage never wants weapons.
A man of few words but learned withal.
A man of gladness seldom falls into
madness.
A man of good natural plain common
sense.
A man of great memory without learning
has a distaff and a spindle, and no stuff
to spin.
A man of high principles is someone who
can watch a chess game without passing
comment.
A man of honor will feel ashamed by a
single question to which he does not
know the answer.
A man of one cow - a man of no cow.
A man of straw is better than a woman of
gold.
A man of straw is still a man.
A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
A man of straw needs a woman of gold.
A man of three letters, “F U R.”
A man of words and not of deeds is like a
garden full of weeds.
A man often kisses the hand he would like
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to see cut off.
A man one year elder to you is one cunning
year elder to you.
A man or a woman with many children has
many homes.
A man overboard, a mouth less to feed.
A man possesses beauty in his quality and a
woman possesses quality in her beauty.
A man profits more by the sight of an idiot
than by the orations of the learned.
A man prolonging his age sees a camel
giving birth.
A man says his word to the face.
A man shall learn to sail in all winds.
A man should choose a friend who is better
than himself. There are plenty of
acquaintances in the world; but very
few real friends.
A man should choose a friend who is better
than himself. There are plenty of
acquaintances in the world; but very
few real friends.
A man should go on living – if only to
satisfy his curiosity.
A man should learn to sail in all winds.
A man should live if only to satisfy his
curiosity.
A man should live to prove himself worth
of his own flesh and blood.
A man should not be struck when he is
down.
A man should not be too happy in the
morning.
A man should not, out of pride and
etiquette, swallow his phlegm.
A man should stay alive if only out of
curiosity.
A man shows his character by what he
laughs at.
A man shows in his youth what he will be
in his age.
A man surprised is half beaten.
A man takes a drink and then the drink
takes the man.
A man takes his own wherever he finds it.