Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The hyena does not forget where it has
hidden its kill.
The hyena of your own country does not
break your bones.
The hyena sleeps with the sheep.
The hyena with a cub does not consume all
the available food.
The hypocrite is known by his actions, not
by his clothes.
The Iabour of childbirth is known to the
mother.
The idea came after the drunkness passed
away.
The ideal is a four year old dog, an eight
year old horse, an eighteen year old
woman and a twenty eight year old man.
The ideal phrase is that which is short and
to the point.
The idiot who has his eye on your wife is
like a blood sucking fly.
The idle remarks of the rich are taken as
maxims of wisdom by the poor.
The ignorant is his own enemy.
The ill year comes in swimming.
The ill-mannered child finds a father
wherever he goes.
The immature rice stalk stands erect, while
the mature stalk, heavy with grain,
bends over.
The impatient person eats goat; the one who
hesitates eats beef.
The important things are left in the locker.
The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
The inarticulate speak longest.
The income is like jasmine.
The inequity of life.
The inferior doctor treats actual sickness.
The infinite is in the finite of every instant.
The injured animal is covered with flies.
The injurer never forgets.
The ink of a scholar is worth as much as the
martyr's blood.
The ink of the scholar is more precious than
the blood of martyrs.
The innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for
a son-in-law.
The innkeeper trusts his guests like he is
565
himself.
The insane are told they're right.
The insect that eats the leaf is under the leaf.
The insolence of shortness is to stretch itself
big.
The intelligence of the average individual
reaches its lowest ebb when he enters a
railroad station.
The intemperate die young, and rarely en
joy old age.
The interested friend is a swallow on the
roof.
The intimacy of water and fish.
The Irish forgive their great men when they
are safely buried.
The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or
punch.
The iron never takes advice from the
hammer.
The is unnecessary to make a fuss of any
sort of thrash.
The is worthy of sweets, who has tasted
bitters.
The issue of all contention is uncertain.
The Italian invents it; the Frenchman makes
it; the Germans sell it; the Pole buys it
and the Tartar plunders it.
The Italianised Englishman is a devil
incarnate.
The Italians are wise before the act, the
Germans in the act, the French after the
act.
The italians are wise before the deed; the
germans in the deed; the french after the
deed.
The Italians cry, the Germans bawl, and the
French sing.
The itch that gives someone skill is difficult
to scratch.
The jackass that is late returns loaded.
The jail is closed day and night and always
full; temples are always open and still
empty.
The January moon brightens like a clear day.
The jar broke and the wine spilled.