Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Marry yer son when ye will, but yer dochter
when ye can.
Marry you son when you will, and your
daughter when you can.
Marry your children with their peers so you
won't regret it someday.
Marry your like.
Marry your son when you please, your
daughter when you can.
Marry your son when you will, your
daughter when you can.
Marry, and grow tame.
Marry, marry, and what about the
housekeeping.
Marry, marry, sounds well but tastes ill.
Marrying for love is risky, but god smiles on
it.
Marrying in the blood is never good.
Marrying is easy, but housekeeping is hard.
Marrying is easy, it's housework that's hard.
Marrying off a daughter is like loading
cargo on a ship.
Martha sings well when she has had her fill.
Mary Busybody never wants a bad day, and
Mary Drone has God to give and bring
to her.
Mass is not repeated for the deaf.
Master absent and house dead.
Master and servant -- both have the same
body odor.
Master your passions or your passions will
master you.
Masters are fighting, servants' forelocks are
creaking.
Masters' hints are commands.
Masters two, will not do.
Masters who sacrifice for servants will
receive the gift of loyalty.
Mastiff never liked greyhound.
Matches may be made in heaven, but they
are sold down here.
Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a
matter of opinion.
Matrimony is the grave of romance.
Maturity comes from wisdom not in the
passing of years.
Maturity consists of no longer being taken in
413
by oneself.
May and December never agree.
May as well be hanged for a sheep as a
lamb.
May as well be here we are as where we are.
May chickens come cheeping.
May God bless you to live as long as you
want to; and want to as long as you live.
May God not make one hand dependent on
the other.
May God not so prosper our friends that
they forget us.
May God protect you from goyishe hands
and yiddishe tongues.
May God save me from the one I saved.
May God save us from good weather in
January.
May God strike the rich man blind by his
own gold.
May his memory be eternal.
May it always be spring with you.
May it end with threats and not come to
blows.
May Kabul be without gold rather without
snow.
May no lies be spoken against me in the
presence of God.
May problems with neighbors last only as
long as snow in March.
May the crazy not die to make people laugh.
May the enemies of Ireland doors have no
latch, may their houses have no thatch.
May the enemies of Ireland have their pri-
vates gnawed off by hungry rats.
May the Great Spirit walk with you.
May the Great Spirit's blessings always be
with you.
May the hinges of our friendship never
grow rusty.
May the Lord grant me a sword and no
need to use it.
May the man be damned and never grow
fat, Who wears two faces under one hat.