Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Truth is bitter food.
Truth is for the ears what smoke is for the
eyes and vinegar for the tongue.
Truth is God's daughter.
Truth is great and will prevail.
Truth is like fire it cannot be hidden under
dry leaves.
Truth is like sugar-cane; even if you chew it
for a long time, it is still sweet.
Truth is lost with too much debating.
Truth is mighty and will prevail.
Truth is not afraid of the gun.
Truth is not beauty, beauty is not love.
Truth is often harsh to tell.
Truth is scraped out even by a hen.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Truth is the club that knocks down and kills
everybody.
Truth is the daughter of time.
Truth is the first victim of war.
Truth is the safest lie.
Truth is time's daughter.
Truth is twelve years old.
Truth is violated by a lie or by silence.
Truth is what women do not tell.
Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
Truth makes the tongue smart.
Truth may be blamed, but cannot be
shamed.
Truth may be suppressed, but not strangled.
Truth may be told in a joke too.
Truth may walk through the world
unarmed.
Truth must be seasoned to make it palatable.
Truth needs not many words.
Truth needs not the ornament of many
words.
Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.
Truth never rots.
Truth often comes out of a joke.
Truth often hides in an ugly pool.
Truth seldom finds a home.
Truth should not always be revealed.
Truth speaks even though the tongue were
dead.
Truth stands when everything else falls.
Truth suffers but never perishes.
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Truth tellers make no mistake.
Truth that is poorly timed is as bad as a lie.
Truth will be out.
Truth will come to light.
Truth will not make you fat but you won't
choke on a lie.
Truth will out.
Truth will take you everywhere -- even to
jail.
Truth, like oil, always comes to the surface.
Truthful words are seldom pleasant.
Truthfulness ensures a lasting relationship.
Truths and roses have thorns about them.
Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
Truth's cloak is often lined with lies.
Truth's violinist is always beaten with his
own bow.
Try and trust will move mountains.
Try before you trust.
Try it first and then say it's saltless.
Try not to become a man of success but a
man of value.
Try out your shoes on your feet -- gauge
people against their misfortune.
Try the ice before you venture on it.
Try this bracelet: if it fits you wear it; but if it
hurts you, throw it away no matter how
shiny.
Try this bracelet: if it fits you wear it; but if it
hurts you, throw it away no matter how
much it sparkles.
Try to be in good company, even when you
are alone.
Try to deserve the reputation you enjoy.
Try to reason about love, and you will lose
your reason.
Try to strike a happy medium.
Try your friend before you trust him.
Try your friend or you need him.
Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's
child is full of woe, Thursday's child has
far to go, Friday's child is loving and
giving, Saturday's child works hard for
its living, And a child that's born on the
Sabbath day