Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
There is nothing wrong with learning from
hindsight.
There is often wisdom under a shabby coat.
There is one fish in the pond, and ten
anglers on the bank.
There is one moral duty that moralists
underrate almost criminally - the duty to
enjoy god's world.
There is one who kisses, and the other who
offers the cheek.
There is only one blasphemy, and that is
injustice.
There is only one good - knowledge; there is
only one evil - ignorance.
There is only one pretty child in the world,
and every mother has it.
There is only one thing harder than looking
for a dewdrop in the dew, and that is
fishing for a clam in the clam chowder.
There is pain in prohibition.
There is plenty of corn in Castile, but he
who has none, starves.
There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel.
There is rarely gain without deception.
There is reason in the roasting of eggs.
There is remead for all things but starke
dead.
There is safety in numbers.
There is seldom cattle without some motley
animals.
There is small choice in rotten apples.
There is some distance between Peter and
Peter.
There is something in the misfortune of our
best friends which does not displease us.
There is taste in variety, and variety in taste.
There is thick sandal leather on his face.
There is truth in wine.
There is water in the jug, and we're going
around thirsty.
There is weeping when separated, there is
quarreling when together.
There isn't a aascAt or a thief that doesn't
have his devotion.
There isn't a Holy Week without the fifty
days, nor the fifty days without the
Sirocco.
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There isn't a Pentecost without a Sirocco nor
a woman without a bow.
There isn't a Saturday without sun, nor a
woman without love.
There isn't a sword that would cut off a
golden hand.
There lies a lion in every heart.
There lies often falsehood beneath a pretty
skin.
There may be deep bottoms in still waters.
There may be snow on the roof, but there's
fire in the belly.
There men so poor that the only thing they
have is money.
There must be a first time for everything.
There must be order.
There never came ill after good
advertisement.
There never came ill of good advisement.
There never was a banquet so sumptuous
but some one dined ill at it.
There never was a five-pound note but there
was a ten-pound road for it.
There never was a looking-glass that told a
woman she was ugly.
There never was a scabby sheep in a flock
that didn't like to have a comrade.
There never was a shoe however handsome
that did not become an ugly slipper.
There never was an old slipper but there
was an old stocking to match it.
There once was a good mother-in-law but
the wolf gobbled her up.
There should be good embers after a good
fire.
There the hedge is lowest, men leap over.
There was a time they loved an accordionist,
and now the time has come where they
love a tractor driver.
There was already twenty in the family, so
my grandmother had a baby.
There was anguish before there was man.
There was ne'er a height but had a howe at
the bottom o't.