Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Empty barrels make the most noise.
Empty barrels make the most sound.
Empty barrels rattle the most.
Empty casks make the most noise.
Empty dishes rattle loudly.
Empty expressions. Bombast.
Empty hands only please their owner.
Empty houses are full of noises.
Empty not your soul to everybody and do
not diminish thereby your importance.
Empty pitchers ring loudest.
Empty pots will never boil over.
Empty rooms make giddy housewives.
Empty sacks will never stand upright.
Empty stalks from the Sirocco and full
spikes of wheat with the North Wind.
Empty stomachs have no ears.
Empty the clear path to heaven, crowded
the dark road to hell.
Empty the glass if you would judge of the
drink.
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
Empty words will not fill an empty stomach.
Emulation begets emulation.
Emulation is the whetstone of talent.
End well, all well.
Endeavor to bear the ignorance of fortune
with patience.
Endurance pierces marble.
England is the paradise of women, the hell
of horses, and the purgatory of servants.
England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity.
Enjoy breakfast all alone, share lunch with
your best friend and give dinner to your
enemy.
Enjoy the beat of other drums, but this is my
song.
Enjoy your little while the fool is seeking for
more.
Enjoy your little while the fool seeks for
more.
Enjoy yourself – it’s later than you think.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the
world we can call our own.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the
world we can call our own.
Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
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Enjoying the fruits of the labour of others.
Enough . . . is never enough.
Enough food and a pipe full of tobacco
makes you equal to the immortals.
Enough is as good as a feast (to one that’s
not a beast).
Enough is better than a feast.
Enough is better than a sackful.
Enough is better than too much.
Enough is enough
Enough is enough and sometimes plenty.
Enough is enough, and too much spoils.
Enough is great riches.
Enough shovels of earth make a mountain,
enough pails of water a river.
Enough with the irrelevant details.
Enough, even to loathing.
Enough’s as good as a feast.
Enter alcohol, exit words.
Enter not at all, or else pass through.
Entering the village, obey the village.
Entreat him in jackass fashion; if he won’t
carry the sack, give him a whack.
Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken
off.
Entreaties to get him to sing, and entreaties
to leave off.
Entreaty and right do the deed.
Entrust not your goats nor sheep to the
unmarried Shepherd.
Envious persons never compliment, they
only swallow.
Envious persons never compliment, they
only swallow.
Envy accomplishes nothing.
Envy always shoots at a high mark.
Envy and greed grow on the same stalk.
Envy can breed swans from bad duck eggs.
Envy crieth of spite where honour rideth.
Envy does not enter an empty house.
Envy eats nothing, but its own heart.
Envy envies itself.
Envy follows merit like the shadow follows
the body.
Envy for a friend is like the taste of a sour
pumpkin.