Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
One of them is a dog, the other a barker.
One of them is nineteen, the other is one less
than twenty.
One of these days, is none of these days.
One often gets what one disdains.
One often has need of a lesser than oneself.
One old friend is better than two new ones.
One only gives what one has.
One only realises the importance of a well
when the water dries up.
One ounce of good luck is better than a ton
of brains.
One pair of ears would exhaust a hundred
tongues.
One pair of good soles is worth two pairs of
upper leathers.
One palm makes no applause.
One palm nut cannot be peeled twice.
One pebble doesn't make a floor.
One penny in the pot makes more noise
than when it is full.
One penny is better on land than ten on the
sea.
One person alone does not climb the ladder
of death.
One person can burn water, while another
can't even burn oil.
One person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a
second a spun out prayer chant, and a
third a door to the street.
One person is a thin porridge; two or three
people are a lump of ugali.
One person's candle furnishes light for
many.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One piece of good advice is better than a bag
full.
One piece of green wood is enough to stop
the others from burning.
One piece of green wood is enough to stop
the others from burning.
One piece of wood will not make a fire.
One ploughs, another sows, who will reap
no one knows.
One poison is cured by another.
One pound of learning requires ten pounds
of common sense to apply it.
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One quill is better in the hand than seven
geese upon the strand.
One rain does not make a crop.
One raven does not peck out another's eyes.
One refusing a sibling's advice breaks his
arm.
One rind is enough to tie a thousand pieces
of wood.
One road for the fugitive and a hundred for
the pursuer.
One road leads to heaven but many lead to
hell.
One rotten apple can spoil a lot of good
ones.
One rotten apple in the basket infects the
whole.
One rotten apple spoils the other.
One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.
One rotten beam can make a whole house
collapse.
One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.
One scabbed sheep will taint a whole flock.
One scabby sheep infects a thousand sheep.
One scabby sheep infects the whole flock.
One scabby sheep is enough to spoil the
whole flock.
One scabby sheep spoils a flock.
One scoops with a scoop.
One searches for someone else's donkey
while singing songs.
One sees the sky through a hollow reed.
One seldom meets a lonely lie.
One sent by a woman does not fear death.
One sesame seed won't make oil.
One shares food not words.
One short step lengthens life.
One should act as he may, not as he would
like to.
One should be just as careful in choosing
one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.
One should choose a wife with the ears,
rather than with the eyes.
One should choose one's bedfellow whilst it
is daylight.