Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The one who wrestles with a big man will
soon wear himself out.
The one whose foot you heal kicks you with
it.
The one with a running nose always wants
to blow someone else's.
The one without a sword gets humiliated.
The one you love you punish.
The one you minimise could be eating meat
everyday.
The one-eyed are kings in the land of the
blind.
The one-eyed is a king among the blind.
The one-eyed man does not thank God until
he sees a blind man.
The one-eyed man is a king in the country of
the blind.
The one-eyed man thanks God only when
he sees a man blind in both eyes.
The one-eyed person is a beauty in the
country of the blind.
The one-eyes is a king in the land of the
blind.
The ones that matter most are the children.
they are the true human beings.
The ones that matter the most are the
children.
The onion of the beloved is a sheep.
The only chaste woman is the one who has
not been asked.
The only cure for love is marriage.
The only difference between stumbling
blocks and stepping stones is the way
you use them.
The only difference between the cucumber
and water is the moving of the teeth.
The only friendly cow is the one which gives
milk.
The only friends we have are the mountains.
The only good Indian is a dead Indian.
The only good thing that comes from the
east is the sun.
The only insurance against fire is to have
two houses.
The only more dear to you than your child,
is your child's child.
The only real equality is in the cemetery.
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The only real way someone can stop
criticism is to die.
The only stupid question is the one that is
not asked.
The only sure thing about luck is that it's
sure to change.
The only sword that never rests is the
tongue of a woman.
The only thing a heated argument ever
produced is coolness.
The only thing good, though old, is the
'muratina'.
The only thing that was missing at the rich
man's funeral was mourners.
The only thing we learn from new elections
is we learned nothing from the old.
The only trick the incapable has, are his
tears.
The only true wisdom consists in knowing
that you know nothing.
The only truly dead are those who have
been forgotten.
The only victory over love is flight.
The only way to keep a secret is to say
nothing.
The open door invites the thief.
The open house makes a good man of the
thief.
The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings.
The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings.
The opinion of the intelligent is better than
the certainty of the ignorant.
The opportunity makes the thief.
The opportunity of a lifetime is seldom so
labeled.
The opportunity that God sends does not
wake up him who sleeps.
The opportunity that God sends does not
wake up those that are asleep.
The opposite of It's A Small World.
The other side also has another side.
The other side of the road always looks
cleanest.
The outward forms the inward man reveal -
we guess the pulp before we cut the peel.