Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.
A good swordsman is not given to quarrel.
A good tale is no the waur o’ being twice
tale.
A good tale is none the worse for being
twice told.
A good thing can be twice, nay, even thrice
spoken.
A good thing is esteemed more in its
absence than in its enjoyment.
A good thing is known when it is lost.
A good thing is soon caught up.
A good thing lost is a good thing valued.
A good thing lost is valued.
A good thing sells it self, a bad one
advertises it self.
A good trade will carry farther than a
thousand florins.
A good tree bears good fruit.
A good tree can lodge ten thousand birds.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit.
A good vineyard provides bread, wine, and
firewood.
A good well-lived today makes every yes-
terday a dream of a good future, and
every morning is a vision of hope.
A good wife and a wholesome cabbage
soup, what more could you want?
A good wife and health are a man’s best
wealth.
A good wife is easy to find, but suitable in-
laws are rare.
A good wife is the crown of the house.
A good wife’s a goodly prize, saith
Solomon the wise.
A good woman should be as bright as
sunshine, as black as ink, and as sweet
as honey.
A good woman should be plump as a hen,
with eyes dark as the midnight sky, and
a disposition as fiery as pepper.
A good word extinguishes more than a
pailful of water.
A good word is as soon said as an ill one.
A good word never broke a tooth.
A good word quenches more than a
cauldron of water.
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A good year is determined by its spring.
A good yeoman makes a good woman.
A good, warmed vodka makes a carnation
bloom inside your stomach.
A good-looking man is pleasant to look at,
but it is easier to live with an amusing
one.
A goose cannot graze after him.
A goose doesn’t befriend a pig.
A goose drinks as much as a gander.
A goose never voted for an early
Christmas.
A goose quill is more dangerous than a
lion’s claw.
A goose, a woman, and a goat, are bad
things lean.
A goose’s child is a swimmer.
A goshawk is an egg child, if sleeps hungry
its his own fault.
A gosling flew over the Rhine, and came
home a goose.
A gossip’s mouth is the devil’s postbag.
A gossiping woman talks of everybody,
and everybody of her.
A governor may commit arson while the
governed are not allowed to light a
lamp.
A gowk at yule'll no be bright at beltane.
A gracious woman obtains honor, and
strong men obtain riches.
A grain does not fill a sieve, but it helps its
fellow.
A grain of prudence is worth a pound of
craft.
A grand eloquence, little conscience.
A granita doesn't cost much; still it's just
water, wine is better.
A grasshopper that sleeps about will be
soon awake in a lizard's mouth.
A grateful dog has more worth than an
ungrateful man.
A gravestone cannot be used for grinding.
A greased mouth cannot say no.
A greasy kitchen; a will with not much in it.