Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A good grievance is better than bad
payment.
A good guitarist will play on one string.
A good handicraft has a golden foundation.
A good harvest does not grow with ease;
the more diligent the farmer, the more
bountiful the crop.
A good hater, a good lover.
A good head does not want for hats.
A good heart breaks bad fortune.
A good heart never went to hell.
A good hope is better than a bad
possession.
A good horse and a bad horse need the
spur; a good woman and a bad woman
need the stick.
A good horse cannot be of a bad color.
A good horse has many faults; a bad one
has hardly any.
A good horse is worth his fodder.
A good horse never lacks a saddle.
A good horse should be seldom spurred.
A good husband is healthy and absent.
A good husband makes a good wife.
A good husband should be deaf and a good
wife should be blind.
A good Jack makes a good Jill.
A good joke is a penny worth.
A good kid goat comes from a young goat
and a good lamb from a strong sheep.
A good king is better than an old law.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two
best cures in the doctor’s book.
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
A good lawyer is a bad neighbour.
A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor.
A good lawyer, an evil neighbour.
A good leader makes a good follower.
A good leader was once a good follower.
A good leader was once a good follower.
A good lie finds more believers than a bad
truth.
A good life defers wrinkles.
A good life is the best sermon. A good life,
they say, keeps wrinkles at bay.
A good listener is a silent flatterer.
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A good man does not take what belongs to
someone else.
A good man finds his native soil in every
country.
A good man gone wrong is usually a bad
man found out.
A good man in an evil society seems the
greatest villain of all.
A good man is a man of goods.
A good man is hard to find
A good man is one who rejoices in the well-
being of others.
A good man maybe, but it’s best to shoot
him.
A good man never stays in the grave
forever, he always has chance to come
back.
A good man says no slowly; a wise man
says no at once.
A good man, but his mad dog won’t let you
speak to him.
A good man’s pedigree is little hunted up.
A good marksman may miss.
A good meal is worth hanging for.
A good meal ought to begin with hunger.
A good memory is not so good as a little
ink.
A good merchant has neither money nor
goods.
A good millstone does not meet a good mil-
ler.
A good mother is worth a hundred
teachers.
A good mule can be sold in his own territo-
ry.
A good name covers theft.
A good name is a rich inheritance.
A good name is a second inheritance.
A good name is better than a girdle of gold.
A good name is better than a precious
stone.
A good name is better than gold.
A good name is better than good habits.
A good name is better than oil.