Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A common shipwreck is a consolation to
all.
A communal field is ruined by the bears.
A con’s no shorn by kempers.
A confused man is like the drowning man
who asks for pears from the willow tree.
A connoisseur never comes to the end of
desire.
A constant guest is never welcome.
A contented ass enjoys a long life.
A contented man is always rich.
A contented mind is a continual feast.
A contented stomach, a forgiving heart; but
an empty stomach pardons nothing.
A continuous fever even grounds the lion.
A contract is a contract is a contract... but
only between Ferengi.
A cook make, a thief takes.
A coquettish woman is like a shadow -- as
you chase her she runs away, and if you
run away, she chases after you.
A coral reef hardens into land.
A coral reef strengthens into land.
A corn swallowed by a fowl will never
germinate in its belly.
A corpse doesn’t have time to cover its
pubic region.
A cough assists a musician when he
hesitates.
A cough will stick longer by a horse than a
peck of oats.
A country can be conquered from the back
of a horse but may not be ruled in the
same manner.
A country can be judged by the quality of
its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of
its proverbs.
A country where flowers are priced so as to
make them a luxury has yet to learn the
first principles of civilization.
A country without freedom is like a prison-
er with shackled hands.
A couple married on Monday is headed for
a fall.
A courageous foe is better than a cowardly
friend.
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A court case is not bartered for with
cassava. (It is not good to agree to be
bribed at a court case.)
A courtesy much entreated is half
recompensed.
A courtier should be without feeling and
without honour.
A courtyard common to all will be swept
by none.
A covetous abbot for one offering loses a
hundred.
A covetous man does nothing that he
should till he dies.
A covetous man serves his riches, not they
him.
A covetous woman deserves a swindling
gallant.
A cow does not find its horns heavy.
A cow does not know what her tail is worth
until she has lost it.
A cow from afar gives plenty of milk.
A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to
lick it, but it burned; she wanted to
leave it, but she could not because it
was her own child.
A cow is not called dappled unless she has
a spot.
A cow is not oppressed by its own hump.
A cow may refuse to give to the milking jar
but it cannot refuse to contribute to the
cooking pot.
A cow must graze where she is tied.
A cow that has no tail should not try to
chase away flies.
A cow, a cow.
A coward always hides behind someone
else after he has thrown a stone.
A coward dies a thousand times before his
death. The valiant never taste of death
but once.
A coward dies before the courageous dies.
A coward has no scar.
A coward is full of precaution.
A coward often deals a mortal blow to the
brave.
A coward’s fear may make a coward
valiant.