Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A degenerate nobleman is like a turnip.
There is nothing good of him but that
which is underground.
A delightful hallucination.
A depraved mind never comes to good.
A desperate person will even hold on to a
knife edge.
A destroyer can defeat thousands of
earthenware makers.
A determined heart will not be counselled.
A determined hunter is never frightened in
the jungle.
A devil takes one and makes two, a saint
takes two and makes one.
A devil with fine manners can still carry
you only to hell.
A devotee’s face, and a cat’s claws.
A diamond daughter turns to glass as a
wife.
A diamond doesn’t lose its value due to
lack of admiration.
A diamond on a dunghill is a precious
diamond still.
A diamond with a flaw is better than a
common stone that is perfect.
A diamond with a flaw is preferable to a
common stone with none.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than
a pebble without imperfections.
A diamonds father is coal, yet it regards
itself as upper-class.
A dictionary can only be read when it is
printed.
A different man, a different taste.
A different way of thinking in every per-
son.
A difficult journey will make you daring
and harden your will.
A diligent man ever finds that something
remains to be done.
A diligent person will soon prosper.
A dimple in the chin, a devil within.
A dimple in the chin, your living comes in;
a dimple in the cheek, your living to
seek.
A dimple on the chin, the devil within.
A diplomat is a man who always
remembers a woman’s birthday but
never her age.
A diplomat must always think twice before
he says nothing.
A diplomat should be yielding and supple
as a creeper that can be bent but not
broken.
A dirty fire never made a clean weld.
A dirty floor means a busy stove.
A dirty shoe still fits in a clean boot.
A dirty stick makes everyone who touches
it dirty.
A disease known is half cured.
A disease that fails to finish us off will con-
tinue being condemned forever.
A dish o’ married love right sune grows
cauld, and dosens drown to nane as folk
grow auld.
A dish of carrot hastily cooked may still has
soil not cleaned off the vegetable.
A dishonest woman can’t be kept in and an
honest woman won’t.
A dispute can only be resolved by discuss-
ing the problem openly and coolly.
A dissimilarity of pursuits dissolves
friendship.
A distant fire does not burn.
A divided man makes an unhappy spirit.
A diviner cannot accurately divine his own
future.
A doctor and a boor know more than a
doctor alone.
A doctor and a clown know more than a
doctor alone.
A doctor is only a doctor when he has
killed one or two patients.
A doctor will take care of the rich man; the
poor man is cured with work.
A dog always bites under the knee.
A dog as he sleeps barks as if on the track
of the hare.
A dog belonging to a harsh master does not
become wise.
A dog bites the stone, not him who throws
it.
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