Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Think of your own faults the first part of the
night when you are awake, and of the
faults of others the latter part of the night
when you are asleep.
Think on the end before you begin.
Think today and speak tomorrow.
Think twice before you speak to a friend in
need.
Think twice, say once.
Think with the wise, but talk with the
vulgar.
Thinking evil is much the same as doing it.
Thinking is not knowing.
Thinking is the essence of wisdom.
Thinking is very far from knowing.
Thinking of where you are going, you forget
from whence you came.
Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser;
but doing well is the wisest and best of
all.
Third time is the charm.
Third time lucky.
Third time pays for all.
Thirst comes from drinking.
Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is
the end of drunkenness.
Thirsty men make good prophets.
Thirteen nuns, fourteen children.
Thirty days of practice makes a habbit.
Thirty-six plans of how to win the battle are
not so good as one plan to withdraw
from the fight.
This and better may do, but this and waur
will never do.
This basket that leaves and returns unfilled
is not nice.
This bolt came never out of your bag.
This caravan is lame until doomsday.
This cub is from that lion.
This dead person is not worth all of this
grief.
This grief will prove a blessing.
This is a veterinary horse.
This is already a gnawed bone.
This is better than the thing we never had.
This is but a hump on our backs.
This is good, this is good, Mr. Monkey fell
633
on his back. (Don’t do two things at
once)
This is nice, this is nice, the monkey fell
down.
(Don’t do two things at one time.)
This is not Kashan where the heap comes
with the coolies.
This is not my table.
This is the milkmaid's tale.
This is, what we experience, this is to be
liked.
This proverb is often used to illustrate a
person who does not have enough
resources to accomplish his goal.
This too, shall pass.
This week passed on quickly, the day after
tomorrow is already Wednesday, the
man said.
This world is a harsh place, this world.
This world will not last ay.
This, too, shall pass.
Thistles and thorns prick sore, but evil
tongues prick even more.
Thole well is good for burning.
Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.
Thorns bury shallowly into one who walks
slowly. Thorns bury deeply into one who
walks fast.
Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you
hurt yourself on the thorns.
Those above are going down, those below
are going up.
Those at piece, work for it.
Those away from the battlefield boast about
their swords.
Those bosoms can be sold cheapest which
are stolen ready made.
Those far, far away are seldom seen for
what they really are.
Those in a high position can be seen from far
away.
Those not ruled by the rudder will be ruled
by the rocks.