Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The foolish old man removes a mountain.
The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for
wise ones.
The fool's excuse is bigger than the mistake
he made.
The fool's mother is always pregnant.
The foot and the earth cannot help meeting.
The foot has no nose.
The foot of a lamp is always the least lit.
The foot of the farmer manures the field.
The foot of the owner is the best manure for
his land.
The foot pains in sympathy with the toe.
The forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
The force of anger is broken by a soft
answer.
The force which a body at rest exercises on a
body in motion impinging upon it.
The foreign person is blind and the killed
person has no chance.
The foremost hound grips the hare.
The forest can't be without its jackals.
The forest has an ear, the field has an eye.
The forest has ears, and field has eyes.
The forest has ears.
The forest is the poor man's overcoat.
The forest not only hides man’s enemies but
its full of man’s medicine, healing power
and food.
The forest of an unpleasant person is the one
that has trees.
The forest provides food to the hunter after
he is utterly exhausted.
The forest provides food to the hunter after
they are exhaustingly tired.
The forest should be burned when a sapling
grows wrongly.
The forest will answer you in the way you
call to it.
The former highwayman men are the best
gendarmes.
The fortress that parleys soon surrenders.
The fortune-teller never knows his own.
The fountain is clearest at its source.
The fourth fever kills the old and cures the
young.
The fowl digs out the blade that kills it.
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The fowl perspires, but the feathers do not
allow us to see the perspiration.
The fox advised the others to cut off their
tails, because he had left his own in the
trap.
The fox can lose his fur but not his cunning.
The fox changes his skin, but keeps the
rogue.
The fox did not reach the grape, said it's
unripe.
The fox does not do as much mischief in a
year as it pays for in an hour.
The fox does not go twice into the same
trap.
The fox does not prey near his hole.
The fox falls into the trap only once.
The fox goes through the corn and does not
eat, but brushes it down with his tail.
The fox is knowing, but more knowing he
who catches him.
The fox knows a lot, but a woman in love
knows even more.
The fox knows much, but more he that
catcheth him.
The fox knows well with whom he plays
tricks.
The fox loves cunning, the wolf covets the
lamb, and a woman longs for praise.
The fox may grow gray, but never good.
The fox may lose his hair, but not his
cunning.
The fox must be chased away first after that
the hen might be warned against
wandering into the bush.
The fox never fares better than when he's
bann'd.
The fox never found a better messenger than
himself.
The fox said the grapes were sour.
The fox says of the mulberries when he
cannot get at them; they are not good at
all.
The fox that sleeps in the morning has not
his tongue feathered.
The fox that tarries long is on the watch for
prey.