Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Vain speeches lead a man to the gallows.
Vainglory bears no grain.
Vainglory blossoms, and bears no fruit.
Valour acquires strength by union.
Valour even in an enemy is worthy of
praise.
Vanity blossoms but bears no fruit.
Vanity has no greater foe than vanity.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Variety is the spice of life.
Various are the roads to fame.
Vegetable garden and mill, don't tell your
neighbor how much they yield.
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.
Vengeance is slow, but stern.
Venture a small fish to catch a much greater
one.
Venture all; see what fate brings.
Venture not to defend what your judgment
doubts of.
Verbal fraud is worse than monetary fraud.
Very good corn grows in little fields.
Very hard times in the wood when the
wolves eat each other.
Vessels large may venture more, but little
boats must keep near shore.
Vetches seem bitter to the full-cropped
pigeon.
Vexations, duly borne, are but as trials,
which heaven's love to man sends for his
good.
Vice hides under a cloak of virtue.
Vice is its own punishment, virtue its own
reward.
Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster.
Vice is most dangerous when it puts on the
garb of virtue.
Vice is nourished by concealment.
Vice is often clothed in virtue's habit.
Vice often rides triumphantly in the coach of
virtue.
Vices are learned without a master.
Vices creep into our hearts under the name
of virtue.
Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats
her own cubs.
Victims of the same disease have a lot to talk
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Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is
an orphan.
Victory is not gained by idleness.
Victory makes you into an emperor, defeat
into a rebel.
Victory must be earned.
Vile let him be who deems himself vile.
Villages that posses culture will never
perish even though they may be small.
Vinegar is the son of wine.
Vinegar that costs nothing is sweeter than
honey.
Vinegar that is free, is sweeter than honey.
Vinegar that is too sour even taints the glass
it's kept in.
Vipers breed vipers.
Virginity can be lost in one night.
Virginity is noted only in its absence.
Virtue and valour rejoice in being put to the
test.
Virtue bears its own fruits.
Virtue becomes a wife; beauty becomes a
concubine.
Virtue carries an empty purse.
Virtue comes not from chance but long
study.
Virtue consists in action.
Virtue flourishes in misfortune.
Virtue in the middle, said the Devil, when
seated between two lawyers.
Virtue is a jewel of great price.
Virtue is better than riches.
Virtue is better than wealth.
Virtue is its own reward.
Virtue is not knowing but doing.
Virtue is not left to stand alone.
Virtue is the reward.
Virtue never dies.
Virtue never dwells alone, it always has
neighbors.
Virtue never goes far without the company
of idleness.
Virtue our leader, fortune our companion.
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue;
vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
Virtue subdues power.