Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Let another's shipwreck be your sea-mark.
Let aye the bell'd wether break the snaw.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the
bow of Cupid will become broken and
his torch extinguished.
Let bygones be bygones.
Let Christians practice their own religion,
and Jews practice theirs.
Let deeds match words.
Let each child follow his own path even if it
takes him to the edge of a cliff.
Let each do his share of the work.
Let each man do his best.
Let every bird hatch its own eggs.
Let every bird sing its own note.
Let every day provide for itself and God
send Sunday.
Let every fox take care of his own tail.
Let every man carry his own sack to the
mill.
Let every man have his due.
Let every man look to the bread upon which
he must depend.
Let every man mind his own business, and
leave others to theirs.
Let every man mind his own business.
Let every man praise the bridge he goes
over.
Let every one be content with what God has
given him.
Let every one keep off the flies with his own
tail.
Let every one look to himself, and no one
will be lost.
Let every one mind his own business, and
the cows will be well tended.
Let every one sweep before his own door.
Let every pedlar carry his own burden.
Let every pedlar carry his own pack.
Let every sheep hand by its own leg.
Let every sheep hang by his own shank.
Let every sheep hang by it own foot.
Let every tub stand on its own bottom.
Let everyone pick his own nose.
Let fools and wind pass.
Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then
come back to life -- after that you cannot
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be deceived.
Let God handle it, He's a venerable saint.
Let God's waters run over God's acres.
Let him attack who will; the strong wait.
Let him bear the prize, who has deserved it.
Let him cool in the skin he het in.
Let him drink as he hes browen.
Let him eat the tough morsel who eat the
tender.
Let him make use of instinct who cannot
make use of reason.
Let him not be a lover who has not courage.
Let him not complain of being cheated who
buys cloth by the pattern.
Let him play the instrument who knows
how.
Let him speak soft words and offer wealth
who longs for a woman's love.
Let him speak who has seen with his eyes.
Let him stay at the oar who has learnt to
row.
Let him take a spring on his ain fiddle.
Let him take the oars who has learned to
row.
Let him that earns the bread eat it.
Let him that has a mouth not say to another,
Blow.
Let him that itches scratch himself.
Let him that owns the cow, take her by the
tail.
Let him that pays the reckoning choose the
lodging.
Let him who does not know what war is go
to war.
Let him who does not know you buy you.
Let him who feels he has a dirty nose wipe
it.
Let him who gives nothing be silent, and
him who receives speak.
Let him who has enough be satisfied.
Let him who is cold blow the fire.
Let him who is well off hold his tongue.
Let him who is well off stay where he is.
Let him who is without sin cast the first
stone.