Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Are you a dugong, you cannot bear a
wound?
Are you a Jeta, you do not move?
Are you not accustomed to look at home,
when you abuse others?
Argus at home, a mole abroad.
Arms and money require good hands.
Arms are of little service abroad unless
directed by the wisdom of counsellors at
home.
Arms carry peace.
Arms, women, and books should be looked
at daily.
Around a flowering tree, one finds many
insects.
Around and around, the moth dies in the
candle flame.
Around bread there will always be crumbs.
Arrange your cloak as the wind blows.
Arriving and leaving, hoping and
remembering, that’s what life consists
of.
Arrogance diminishes wisdom.
Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.
Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a
dunghill.
Arrogance is intolerable.
Arrogance is not gentlemanly.
Arrogance over the arrogant is modesty.
Art and knowledge bring bread and
honour.
Art finds its food everywhere.
Art has no enemy but ignorance.
Art has no enemy except ignorance.
Art holds fast when all else is lost.
Art improves nature.
Art is art, even though unsuccessful.
Art is long and life is short.
Art is the illusion of spontaneity.
Art is the right hand of nature.
Arthur could not tame woman’s tongue.
As a child, is a man wrapped in his moth-
er’s womb; as an adult, in tradition;
comes death, and he is wrapped in
earth.
As a crab walks, so walk its children.
As a daughter grows up she is like
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smuggled salt.
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool
returns to his folly
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool re-
turns to his folly.
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a
fair woman which is without discretion.
As a man dresses so is he esteemed.
As a man eats, so he works.
As a man has lived, so will he die.
As a man lives, so shall he die.
As a man sinneth, so is his punishment.
As a snipe and a clam are entangled in a
fight, a fisherman catch them both.
As a thing is used, so it brightens.
As a thing is viewed, so it appears.
As a tree falls, so shall it lie.
As ane flits anither flits, and that keeps
mailins dear.
As are the times, so are the manners.
As ass does not hit himself twice against the
same stone.
As both a good horse and a bad horse heed
the spur, so both a good woman and a
bad woman need the stick.
As brisk as bottled ale.
As broken a ship has come to land.
As busy as a bee.
As changeable is the moon so is the opinion
of the woman.
As chicken is not a bird, woman is not a
human being.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good
news from a far place.
As day break, the glowworms say “We’ve
lit up the world!”
As demure as an old whore at a christening.
As fair fights Wrans as Cranes.
As fair greits the bairn that is dung after
noon, as he that is dung before noon.
As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is
contrived.
As for friars, live with them, eat with them,
and walk with them; then sell them as
they do themselves.