Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Small profits and often, are better than large
profits and seldom.
Small profits are good if they come often.
Small profits are often, are better than large
profits and seldom.
Small profits are sweet.
Small rain lays a great wind.
Small rain lays great dust.
Small saints too work miracles.
Small sorrows speak; great ones are silent.
Small things are lovable.
Small things have their own peculiar charm.
Small tree trunks can make the cart turn
over.
Small tuft often overturns a big load.
Small undertakings give great comfort.
Small wells are better to quench your thirst.
Small wells are soon drained.
Small winning makes a heavy purse.
Smart bird gets trapped in its beak.
Smart is the one who goes along with time,
stupid is the one who bears his fangs.
Smart people are blessed.
Smart people get the point from a single
hint.
Smart who smiles, stupid who laughs.
Smash the pots and sink the boats.
Smile . . . heaven is watching.
Smile, and the world smiles with you. Cry,
and you cry alone.
Smiles that you broadcast, will always come
back to you.
Smith and Wesson or a Colt always beat
four aces.
Smoke in your own country is purer than
fire in a foreign land.
Smoke of the neighbours renders you blind.
Smoke spreads further than the fire.
Smoke, a dripping roof, and a scolding wife,
are enough to drive a man out of his life.
Smoke, rain, and a scolding wife, are three
bad things in a house.
Smoke, stench, and a troublesome wife are
what drive men from home.
Smoking is hazardoes for your health, yet
many smoke.
Smooth hands love the labor of others.
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Smooth waters run deep.
Smooth words do not flay the tongue.
Smooth words make smooth ways.
Smoother than breeze.
Snailie, snailie, shoot out yer horn, and tell
us if it'll be a bonny day the morn.
Snake at your feet - a stick at your hand!
Snake in the grass.
Snake to snake, see the leg.
Snakes follow the way of serpents.
Snakes prefer to hide under flowers.
Snakes turn milk into poison.
Snapper, to stumble. Even the best of men
may err.
Snapping curs never want sore ears.
Snarling curs never want sore ears.
Snivelling folks always want to wipe other
folks' noses.
Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody
sneezing over the snuff box.
So ends all earthly glory.
So good that he is good for nothing.
So got, so gone.
So it goes in the world: one has the purse,
the other has the gold.
So kind and so honest my lady appears to
be.
So long as a man is angry he cannot be in
the right.
So long as I can keep a secret it is my
prisoner. If I let it slip then I am its
prisoner.
So long as the belly is silent all whores are
virgins.
So long as the green mountains are
preserved, there will be no shortage of
firewood supply.
So long as the pot is boiling, friendship will
stay warm.
So long as the wolf is captured the dog will
bite his leg.
So long as you don't step on a snail's tail, he
won't get up and bite you.