Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The cheapest way to improve your looks is
to wear a smile.
The cheapest way to win a person is by a
smile.
The cheat always lies at the feet of the
cheated.
The cheese betrays the milk.
The cheese vessel will not sail merely by
words.
The chemist doesn't smell his own medicine.
The cherry blossom among flowers, the
warrior among men.
The chest contains a beehive full of pride.
The chicken also knows when it's morning,
but still watches the mouth of the cock.
The chicken is never declared in the court of
hawks.
The chicken sings what the cock teaches
him.
The Chicken teaches the hen to lay eggs.
The chicken that crows the loudest does not
always give the biggest eggs.
The chicken that digs for food will not sleep
hungry.
The chicken that sits along the road to eat
shall never enjoy a good meal.
The chicken that stays in the farmyard, will
peck the crumbs.
The chickens don't mourn when the
poulterer dies.
The chickens have come home to roost.
The chickens have come home to roost.
You're suffering the consequences now.
The chief's wisdom is a mesh of old stories,
good and bad.
The child does not cry as long as it has its
way.
The child hates the one who gives him all he
wants.
The child is capable of splitting open the
snail, not the tortoise.
The child is dead the godfathership has
ended.
The child is father of the man.
The child is sadly hurt that doesn't tell his
illness.
The child is the father of the man.
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The child led by the hand never learns to
walk.
The child of a rat is a rat.
The child of a snake is a snake.
The child of a tiger is a tiger.
The Child of an elephant will not be a
dwarf.
The child of lion is a lion.
The child of someone cannot be clothed in
rags. (Care for the things of others that
are in your hands; People are not
supposed to see the nakedness of
someone else’s child.)
The child of the Blue Nile River went
thirsty.
The child plucked the mushroom. (Even the
lowly can do great things.)
The child saith nothing but what he heard at
the fireside.
The child says nothing, but what it heard by
the fire.
The child that falls by itself does not cry.
The child that is left to himself will put his
mother to shame.
The child weeps for it's good and the old
man for his ill.
The child who died too soon was always
beautiful and intelligent.
The child who gets a stepmother also gets a
stepfather.
The child who grows up with you is your
fellow.
The child who is given everything he asks
for usually won't succeed in life.
The child who loves freedom is the first
victim of it.
The child will grow, his clothes will not.
The child you sired hasn't sired you.
The child's bottom and April weather arre
not to be trusted.
The choice oil is from the surface, the best
wine is from the middle, and the best
honey is from the bottom.
The church is an anvil which has worn out
many hammers.