Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A fly doesn’t enter in a closed mouth.
A fly doesn’t harm anyone.
A fly follows the honey.
A fly that dances carelessly in front of a
spider’s web, risks the wrath of the
spider’s teeth.
A fly that falls on your wound is more
important.
A fly that has no one to advice it, follows
the corpse into the grave.
A fly that lands on a carabao feels itself to
be higher than the carabao.
A fly will not come into a closed mouth.
A fly will not get into a closed mouth.
A fly, a harlot, a beggar, a rat, and gusty
wind; the village-boss and the tax
collector - these seven are always
annoying to others.
A flying crow always catches something
A flying moth throws itself into a fire.
A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.
A fool admires himself most when he has
done foolish things.
A fool and his head are soon parted.
A fool and his money are easily parted.
A fool and his money are soon parted
A fool and his money is one big party.
A fool and his words are soon parted.
A fool and water will go the way they are
diverted.
A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
A fool beat a drum, the clever ones danced.
(don’t disregard other peoples abilities)
A fool believes everything.
A fool boasts of his horse, a madman of his
wife, the skillfulness of his children.
A fool brings the rope himself with which
he will be bound.
A fool bull will look only for the green
grass without looking the danger of top-
pling over the steep valley.
A fool can ask more questions in a minute
than a wise man can answer in an hour.
A fool can ask more questions in an hour
than a wise man can answer in seven
years.
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A fool can ask more questions than seven
wise men can answer.
A fool can tell only foolish things.
A fool carveth a piece of his heart to every
one that sits near him.
A fool doing what he knows is better than a
hundred wise men doing what they
don’t know.
A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man of
happiness.
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding
but delights in airing his own opinions.
A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a
man of understanding delights in
wisdom.
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a
wise man keeps himself under control.
A fool has few friends.
A fool in a hurry drinks tea with a fork.
A fool is a wise man’s ladder.
A fool is always beginning.
A fool is happier thinking weel o’ himself
than a wise man is of others thinking
weel o’ him.
A fool is his own informer.
A fool is like a wanderer lost on a path.
A fool is like all other men as long as he
remains silent.
A fool is like the big drum that beats fast
but does not realize its hollowness.
A fool is not afraid to lose his mind.
A fool is only cured by dying.
A fool is someone who trusts another fool.
A fool judges people by the presents they
give him.
A fool laughs at himself.
A fool laughs when others laugh.
A fool looks for dung where the cow never
browsed.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour
than a wise man can answer in seven
years.
A fool may chance to put something into a
wise man’s head.
A fool may chance to say a wise thing.