Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The old have the calendar in their bodies.
The old have to be respected.
The old horse in the stable still yearns to run
The old horse will not mistake the road.
The old know and the young suspect."
The old lady feels uneasy when dry bones
are mentioned in a proverb.
The old man at home, and the young
abroad, lie after the same fashion.
The old man gives the best advice.
The old man has his death before his eyes;
the young man behind his back.
The old man is not asked where he aches,
but why he does not ache there.
The old man looks death in the eye, the
young man keeps him behind his back.
The old monkey gets the apple.
The old monkey is caught last.
The old never lack for a story when they're
standing in the sun or in front of a warm
fireplace.
The old nightingale sings better.
The old one who is loved is like a winter
flower.
The old ones sing, the young ones pipe.
The old ox plows a straight furrow.
The old parrot does not mind the stick.
The old people are treasures to us.
The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
The old pumpkin in the courtyard shall not
be uprooted.
The old saints are forgotten in the new.
The old should be treated with due respect.
Children should be treated with
gentleness.
The old should not be overfed.
The old wife, if she does not serve for a pot,
serves for a cover.
The old woman doesn't want fun, she wants
bread, wine, and fire.
The old woman looks after the child to grow
its teeth and the young one in turn looks
after the old woman when she loses her
teeth.
The older a fool, the worse he is.
The older a man gets, the larger the waves
become.
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The older buck gets, the harder become its
horns.
The older one grows the more one learns.
The older one marries, the longer the nights.
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
The older the fool, the harder he falls.
The older the ginger, the more it bites.
The older the goat the tighter the rope.
The older the man, the weaker his mind.
The older, the colder; the more avaricious,
the more vicious.
The oldest is the house. (among a
polygamous man’s wives, the first to be
married to him is the owner of the home)
The oldest trees bear the softest fruits.
The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit.
The olive grove of your grandfather, the
cherry trees of your father, and your
grape vines.
The one being carried does not realize how
far away the town is.
The one chased away with a club comes
back, but the one chased away with
reason does not.
The one chased away with a stick comes
back and the one chassed away with
reason doesn't come back.
The one in a hurry, will have a raw and hot
meal.
The one in the front is also in the back.
The one slow to anger is better than the
mighty man, and the one controlling his
temper than one conquering a city.
The one step in the wrong direction will
cause you a thousand years of regret.
The one who asks commits no sin.
The one who asks questions doesn't lose his
way.
The one who buries ivory is the one to dig it
up.
The one who burns his mouth for drinking
milk too hot, eats even yogurt carefully.
The one who can gets two.
The one who derides others, gets derided
too.