Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Slighted love is sair to bide.
Slipperiness knows no king.
Slippery is the flagstone at the mansion-
house door.
Slop your hogs before you feed your
children.
Sloth is the beginning of vice.
Sloth is the key to poverty.
Sloth is the mother of poverty.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry
all easy.
sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour
wears.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Slow but sure
Slow but sure wins the race.
Slow but sure.
Slow fires will smolder for a long time.
Slow help is no help.
Slow in word, swift in deed.
Slow money, slow problems.
Slow moving lion eats meat.
Slow water washes away the bank.
Slower than a turtle.
Slowly but surely the excrement of foreign
poets will come to your village.
Slowly but surely, the bird builds its nest.
Slowly but surely.
Slowly one goes far.
Slowly, slowly, even an egg will walk.
Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the
gourd.
Slowness comes from God and haste from
the Devil.
Slowness does not cook the relish in the
plate. (Doing things too slowly will not
complete the task.)
Slowness, slowness of the caterpillar, it does
not arrive at the leaves by going quickly.
(Be patient when doing something
because eventually you will finish it.)
Sma' fish are better than nae fish.
Sma' winnings mak a heavy purse.
Smack a tray of water and you get to wash
your face.
Small beer comes the last.
Small beginnings make great endings.
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Small birds lay small eggs.
Small birds must have meat.
Small boats sail, as well as ships.
Small brooks make big rivers.
Small cheer and great welcome make a great
feast.
Small child - small trouble, big child - big
trouble.
Small children - little worries, big children -
great worries.
Small children give you headache; big
children give you heartache.
Small children won't let you sleep, bigger
children won't let you live.
Small children, a headache; big children,
heartache.
Small choice in rotten apples.
Small evils hatch quick.
Small faults indulged in are little thieves
that let in greater.
Small favours conciliate, but great gifts
make enemies.
Small fish are better than empty dishes.
Small gains bring great wealth.
Small gifts go to places where men expect
bigger ones.
Small gifts maintain friendship, big ones
maintain love.
Small ills are the fountains of most of our
groans. Men trip not on mountains, they
stumble on stones.
Small is beautiful.
Small is every man who considers himself
great.
Small laziness leads to big laziness.
Small man, sly or dancer.
Small matters breed important ones.
Small men think they are small; great men
never know they are great.
Small minds are captivated by trifles.
Small molehills can turn carriages over.
Small people always cast big shadows.
Small pots also have ears.
Small pots have big ears/handles.
Small print leads to large risk.