Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
There are three things that have to be done
quickly: burying the dead, opening the
door for a stranger, and fixing your
daughter's wedding.
There are three things that refresh the heart
and reduce your grief water, flowers,
and a beautiful woman.
There are three things which if one does not
know, one cannot live long in the world:
what is too much for one, what is too
little for one, and what is just right for
one.
There are three things which if one does not
know, one cannot live long in the world:
what is too much for one, what is too
little for one, and what is just right for
one.
There are three truths: my truth, your truth
and the truth.
There are three uncertainties: woman, wind,
and wealth.
There are three who have to give an
accounting to God; the judges, the
priests, and the godparents.
There are too many chiefs and not enough
Indians.
There are toys for all ages.
There are tricks in every trade.
There are twenty-five uncaught sparrows
for a penny.
There are two great pleasures in gambling:
that of winning and that of losing.
There are two kinds of Chinese: those who
give wine and those who drink it.
There are two kinds of men: those who
could be happy and are not, and those
who search for happiness and find it not.
There are two kinds of perfect people: those
who are dead, and those who have not
been born yet.
There are two perfectly good men, one dead,
and the other unborn.
There are two powers to contend with, those
with a lot and those with nothing.
There are two sides to every question.
There are two sides to every story -- and
then there's the truth.
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There are two tellings to every story.
There are two things a person should never
be angry at, what they can help, and
what they cannot.
There as many ways of making a living as
seeds of grass.
There belongs mair to a bed nor four bare
leggs.
There belongs more than whistling to going
to plough.
There but for the grace of God, go I
There came never ill of good Advisement.
There can be no judge without an accused.
There can be no offense where none is taken.
There can be no peace without
understanding.
There can be no true pleasantry without dis-
cretion.
There can never be peace between nations
until it is first known that true peace is
within the souls of men.
There cannot be a dream where there is no
sleep.
There come as many calf-skins to market as
ox-skins.
There come just as many calf-skins as cow-
skins to market.
There comes nothing out of the sack but
what was there.
There could be no great ones if there were
no little.
There die as many lambs as wethers.
There goes more than one ass to market.
There goes more to marriage than four bare
legs in a bed.
There grows nae grass at the cross.
There grows nae grass at the market cross.
There grows not the herb, which can protect
against the power of death.
There has to be a first time for everything --
even our most natural habits.
There is a black sheep in every flock.
There is a But in everything.
There is a cause for all things.