Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The early riser is healthy, cheerful and
industrious.
The ears do not lose their interest.
The earth compared to the sky.
The earth covers the errors of the physician.
The earth does not shake when the flea
coughs.
The earth does not shake when the flea
coughs.
The earth has ears, news has wings.
The earth has ears, the wind has a voice.
The earth hides as it takes, the physician's
mistakes.
The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the
same door.
The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the
same door but live in different cells..
The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are
the meat therein.
The earth is a host who kills his guests.
The earth is a termite mound, we all enter
by the same opening.
The earth is always frozen to lazy swine.
The earth is God's bride -- she feeds the
living and cherishes the dead.
The earth is man's only friend.
The earth is not an inheritance of our
fathers, nor one for our sons.
The earth is not ours, it is a treasure we hold
in trust for future generations.
The earth is not thirsty for the blood of the
warriors but for the sweat of man's labor.
The earth offers you a grave everywhere.
The earth produces all things and receives
all again.
The earth says: Give to me and I'll give to
you.
The earth will cover the doctor's mistakes.
The earthen pan gains nothing by contact
with the copper pot.
The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass
kettle.
The easiest way to get a divorce is to be
married.
The eater of a goat pays back a cow.
The eating of a singer is to be sharp on the
547
mouth.
The echo knows all languages.
The eel that got away is as fat as your thigh.
The egg shows the hen where to hatch.
The egg teaches the chicken how to breed.
The egg will be more knowing than the hen.
The eggs of the brood need to be an odd
number.
The eggshell cannot be a mother of its
resultant offspring.
The elbow is near, but try and bite it.
The elderly, even if deaf and blind, still
know a lot.
The elders drink afterwards.
The elders of a community are the voice of
God.
The elders of the council do not jump over a
brook.
The election of the abbot is not stopped for
want of a monk.
The elephant and the tiger do not go
hunting on the same pasture.
The elephant dies, but his tusks remain.
The elephant does not feel a flea-bite.
The elephant does not get tired of its tusks.
The elephant never gets tired of carrying its
tusks.
The elephant that is stuck in the mud will
tear down the tree with it.
The elephant will reach to the roof of the
house.
The elephant's head is no load for a child.
The elephant's track treads out the camel's.
The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not
contradict.
The emperor is rich, but he cannot buy one
extra year.
The emperor is the father of his people, not
a master to be served by slaves.
The Emperor of Germany is the king of
kings, the King of Spain king of men, the
King of France king of asses, the King of
England king of devils.
The empty gives the way to the full.
The empty purse says she is made of leather.