Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
One is received according to one's dress and
sent off according to one's wit.
One is wiser in the morning than in the
evening.
One joy can drive away a hundred sorrows.
One joy scatters a hundred grieves.
One joy shatters a hundred griefs.
One justice can overpower a hundred evils.
One kind word can warm 3 winter months.
One kind word can warm three winter
months.
One kindness is the price of another.
One kindness is the price of another.
One kisses the child and means the nurse.
One kisses the child for the mother's sake,
and the mother for the child's sake.
One kisses the nurse for the sake of the
child.
One knavery is met by another.
One knife keeps another in its sheath.
One knife whets another.
One knife will not cut another knife; one
cheat will not cheat another cheat.
One knows even when one neighbor's bread
is in the oven.
One knows not for whom he gathers.
One knows where the shoes hurt.
One lamp can't light two houses.
One law for the rich and another for the
poor
One law for the rich and another for the
poor.
One lawsuit begets another.
One learns as long as one lives and still dies
a fool.
One learns by failing.
One lie can fill a sack; a second will empty it
again.
One lie draw ten after it.
One lie makes many.
One lie spoils a thousand truths.
One likes the priest, someone else his wife, I
prefer his daughter.
One link broken, the whole chain is broken.
One little arrow does not kill a serpent.
One lives in the world's memory only by
what they have done in the world's
461
behalf.
One living pope is better than ten dead.
One log does not burn long by itself.
One look ahead is better than two looks
behind.
One lost, two found.One misfortune brings
on another.
One love drives out another.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand
relatives.
One mad man makes many madmen: many
madmen make madness.
One madman makes many madmen and
many madmen makes madness.
One man alone is prey to the wolf.
One man beats the bush, another catcheth
the bird.
One man can burn water, whereas another
cannot even burn oil.
One man can speak and seven can sing.
One man cut the barrage, and a thousand
people fell into the river.
One man differs from another in three
things: his voice, his appearance, and his
mind.
One man driven by distress does as much as
thirty.
One man excels in one thing, another in
another.
One man in a field is not a warrior.
One man is another's devil.
One man is born to money, and another to
the purse.
One man is no man.
One man is not bad because another is good.
One man knocks in the nail, and another
hangs his hat on it.
One man may better steal a horse than
another look on.
One man may steal a horse while another
may not look over the hedge.
One man must not fight with two.
One man often talks another off his bench,
and seats himself upon it.