Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
To suckle from the thin cow. (It is not good
to get things by deceiving the poor.)
To suffer doesn't mean to die.
To survive, we must expand.
To swallow a toad (to make a concession
grudgingly).
To swallow grass snakes (endure
humiliation).
To swim and swim more, and be drowned
on shore.
To take ambition from a soldier, is to rob
him of his spurs.
To take counsel of one's pillow.
To take revenge on an enemy, give him an
elephant -- first he must thank you for
the gift, and then the elephant's appetite
will deplete your enemy's resources.
To take the chestnut out of the fire with the
cat’s paw.
To take the rat by the tail.
To talk goodness is not good . . . only to do
it is.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the
same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
To talk without thinking is to shoot without
aiming.
To teach is also to learn.
To teach is to learn.
To teach well, we need not say all that we
know, Successful teachers are effective in
spite of the psychological theories they
suffer under.
To tell a woman what she cannot do is to tell
her what she can.
To tell only half the truth is to give life to a
new lie.
To tell tales out of school.
To tell the dog to catch, and the rabbit to
run.
To tell the truth is dangerous; to listen to it is
boring.
To the ant, a few drops of dew is a flood.
To the ass, or the sow, their own offspring
appears the fairest in creation.
To the bold man fortune gives her hand.
To the bold man Fortune holds out her
hand.
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To the child and the little bird, God catches
the fall.
To the dead, internment and, to the living,
enjoyment orto the dead, the grave and,
to the living, chicken.
To the devil with so many masters, said the
toad to the harrow.
To the dog who has money, men say: my
lord dog.
To the donkey thorns taste better than hay.
To the eyes it looks bad, in the mouth it
tastes good. (You should not condemn
something before you try it.)
To the fallen tree, hatchets, hatchets.
To the fiancT -- milk; to the bride -- butter; to
the husband -- cheese.
To the fighting man peace is sure.
To the good listener, half a word is enough.
To the grateful man give more than he asks.
To the grave a pall, and that's all.
To the hungry man no bread is bad.
To the jaundiced all things seem yellow.
To the lean pig a fat acorn.
To the looker-on no work is too hard.
To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.
To the one who waits comes the tailwind at
last.
To the partial eyes of a lover, pockmarks
seem like dimples.
To the patient man will come all the riches
of the world.
To the person who watches, everything
reveals itself.
To the person with little shame, the whole
world is his.
To the pure all things are pure.
To the raven her own chick is white.
To the satiated bird, cherries taste bitter.
To the starving man the beauty of Fujiyama
has no meaning.
To the victor go the spoils
To the white horse the zebra said: 'i am
white too,' and to the black horse: 'I am
really black.'