Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that
lures.
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but
the oats.
It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the
doing.
It is not the lamb that should go and ask the
lion if it has had dinner.
It is not the load but the overload that kills.
It is not the long day, but the heart that does
the work.
It is not the most beautiful woman who has
the most sense.
It is not the mother's will to have a bad
offspring.
It is not the nodding of heads that does the
rowing.
It is not the owner, trampling his own field,
that spoils it.
It is not the priest's first story that should be
believed.
It is not the same thing to talk of bulls as to
be in the bullring.
It is not the surplice that makes parson or
clerk.
It is not the thief who is hanged, but one
who was caught stealing.
It is not the things in the soup that I am
afraid of but perhaps the person I am
eating with.
It is not the thunder that causes the rain.
It is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she
discovers its value.
It is not tin that a friend gets.
It is not tint that is done to friends.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a
thing proves that it is useless.
It is not want but abundance that makes
avarice.
It is not well for a man to pray cream and
live skim milk.
It is not what is he, but what has he.
It is not what is she, but what has she.
It is not what they profess but what they
practice that makes them good.
It is not what you are called, but what you
answer to.
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It is not wise to open old wounds.
It is not with saying, "Honey," "Honey," that
sweetness will come into the mouth.
It is not work that kills, but worry.
It is not worth telling a lovely story at the
funeral.
It is not wrong to go back for that which you
have forgotten.
It is nothing at all, only a woman drowning.
It is nothing for one to know something
unless another knows you know it.
It is nothing, they are only killing my
husband.
It is nothing, they are only thrashing my
husband.
It is observed that in any great endeavor, it
is not enough for a person to depend
solely on himself.
It is odd for a dog to look unconcerned
when a sheep is barking at a stranger.
It is of no use making shoes for geese.
It is often better to go by a circuitous than by
a direct path.
It is often more difficult to come back home
than it is to go away.
It is often that a cow does not take after its
breed.
It is one life, whether we spend it in
laughing or in weeping.
It is one person in a street that kills a dog
and the street is named a street of dog
killers.
It is one thing to boast, another to fight.
It is one thing to get educated and another
thing to keep educated.
It is one word of advice that one needs to
give to a wise man, and that word keeps
multiplying in his mind.
It is only a mad dog that barks at a flying
bird.
It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the
prospect of being taken to a beautiful
abattoir.
It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that
people throw stones.