Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The monk gets married to please his friend.
The monk preached against stealing, and
had the good in his larder.
The monk responds to the abbot's chants.
The monk that begs for God's sake begs for
two.
The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship,
but the monkey is a monkey and the
gorilla is a gorilla.
The monkey does not see his own hind
backside; he sees his neighbor's.
The monkey in his mother's eye is a gazelle.
The monkey is a good boxer, but his hands
are short.
The monkey is a thief because it does not
work.
The monkey is too big to sit on the grass.
The monkey knows the tree it climbs.
The monkey knows which branch to swing
on.
The monkey looks into the mirror and sees a
gazelle.
The monkey never complains that he has no
comb.
The monkey says there is nothing better
than poverty to unlearn man of his
conceit.
The monkey will never wash with the same
water twice.
The monk's habit is never so blessed that the
devil can't hide in it.
The month loses its own, but not the year.
The moon and the stars are not above us, the
earth is on the other side of our feet.
The moon does not care if the dog barks at
it.
The moon does not heed the barking of
dogs.
The moon does not heed the baying of dogs.
The moon gives us light but no heat.
The moon grows darker as it gets nearer to
the sun.
The moon is not day light, many people are
not your mother’s children.
The moon is not seen where the sun shines.
The moon is not shamed by the barking of
dogs.
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The moon lightens well but leaves certain
areas in the dark.
The moon moves slowly, but it crosses the
town.
The moon moves slowly, but it gets across
the town.
The Moor has done his duty, the Moor may
go.
The more a ball is struck, the more it
rebounds.
The more a man catches the more he'll have.
The more a man exposes his nakedness the
colder he is.
The more a woman admires her face, the
more she ruins her house.
The more acquaintance, the more danger.
The more acquaintances you have, the less
you know them.
The more acquaintances, the more danger.
The more arguments you win, the less
friends you will have.
The more by law, the less by right.
The more chefs, the better the soup.
The more cooks, the worse broth.
The more cost, the more honour.
The more cowherds there are, the worse the
cows are looked after.
The more danger, the more honor.
The more eggs, the thicker the soup.
The more fools, the more laughter.
The more furrows the more corn.
The more hair a dog has, the more fleas he
will have.
The more haste the worse speed.
The more haste, the less speed.
The more help in the cornfield the smaller
the harvest.
The more honesty a man has the less he
affects the air of a saint.
The more intimate the friendship the
deadlier the enmity.
The more knave, the better luck.
The more law, the less justice.
The more light a torch gives the shorter it
lasts.