Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The man who gives little with a smile gives
more than the man who gives much with
a frown.
The man who has bread to eat does not
appreciate the severity of a famine.
The man who has eaten enough will never
believe a hungry one.
The man who has mounted an elephant will
not fear the bark of a dog.
The man who has never experienced evil
does not know the worth of what is
good.
The man who has no impurity will be
helped even by peels he sees on the road.
The man who has nothing to do is always
the busiest.
The man who has plenty of means of
existence, conducts himself pretty much
as he himself wishes.
The man who is afraid of asking is ashamed
of learning.
The man who is born in a stable is not a
horse.
The man who is honored, has first honored
himself.
The man who is not destined to die will be
cured by medicine.
The man who is ready to lend is the beggar's
brother.
The man who knows two languages is
worth two men.
The man who lives only by hope will die
with despair.
The man who looks after his own work has
plenty to do to keep everything right.
The man who loses his wife for good cause
cannot be called cuckold.
The man who loves is easy of belief.
The man who loves to argue is left without
friends.
The man who makes the first bad move
always loses the game.
The man who marries gives up liberty and
accepts responsibility and it's said: The
poor guy, who would have thought it.
The man who marries my mother, I call him
uncle.
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The man who minds his own business
generally has a good one.
The man who minds his own business well
has always enough to do.
The man who never makes a mistake always
takes orders from one who does.
The man who remembers others, remembers
also his creator.
The man who removes a mountain begins
by carrying away small stones.
The man who says it cannot be done, should
not interrupt a man who is doing it.
The man who says it can't be done should
not interrupt the person doing it.
The man who strikes first admits that his
ideas have given out.
The man who takes legal action often loses
an ox to win a cat.
The man who thinks he can live without
others is mistaken; the one who thinks
others can't live without him is even
more deluded.
The man who wakes up and finds himself
famous hasn't been asleep.
The man who wanted to milk the male goat
failed.
The man who was dividing Ireland didn't
leave himself last.
The man whose conscience is clear will
never fear a knock on the door at
midnight.
The man will surely fail, who dares delay,
And lose to-morrow that has lost to-day.
The man with a beautiful wife is always
singing, the one with little money is
always counting.
The man with a fixed income lives with
anxiety and suffers as the costs of goods
fluctuate.
The man with no patience waits for
daylight, and when it comes he'll be
blind.
The man with one wife is the boss of all
bachelors.
The man with the boots does not mind
where he places his foot.