Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
More haste, less speed.
More have repented speech than silence.
More hideous than a monkey.
More hideous than a pig.
More hideous than a say without a do.
More hideous than an ogre.
More hideous than the disappearence of
good fortune.
More is done with words than with hands.
More is good . . . all is better.
More is to be got from one teacher than from
two books.
More jinxed than Al Basoos.
More kids are dying than old goats.
More kindhearted than a mother to her
children.
More lambs than sheep are slaughtered.
More like than egg to egg.
More lost then the winter moon.
More luck than wit.
More naked than the cast-off skin of a
serpent.
More observant than a bat.
More observant than a crow.
More people are slain by supper than by the
sword.
More people are threatened than are beaten
up.
More people die from overeating than from
undernourishment.
More people drown in glasses than in rivers.
More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool
knows.
More permanent than a tattoo.
More precious than our children are the
children of our children.
More pure than a tear.
More robust than the nose of a lion.
More sad than Al Khansaa' for Sakhr.
More silent than the earth.
More tame than a dog.
More tearful than an orphan.
More than enough is too much.
More than one mother can make tasty soup.
More than one war has been caused by a
single word.
More than the jewish people preserved the
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sabbath, the sabbath preserved them.
More than we use is more than we want.
More the hurry, more the obstacles.
More things grow in the garden than the
gardener sows.
More treacherous than a wolf.
More unlucky than dogs in church.
More vicious than a snake.
More was lost at Mohacs.
More watchful than a dog.
Morn with her rosy locks dispels the shades
of night, and the sun puts to flight the
stars, lighting up the world.
Morning dreams come true.
Morning hour has gold in its mouth.
Morning is the start of a day's work.
Morning makes the day.
Morning rain and women's tears dry as fast
as each other.
Moscow does not believe in tears.
Moses does not play because he has not the
means.
Moss grows on a lying stone.
Most adults are attentive to what someone is
doing, but children see beyond that.
Most bitter are the quarrels of brothers.
Most haste, worst speed.
Most men don’t lack the will but the ability.
Most men employ the earlier part of their
life to make the other miserable.
Most men get as good a wife as they
deserve, and that isn't much.
Most of us do not look as handsome to oth-
ers as we do to ourselves.
Most often a good boss makes a good
steward.
Most people forget everything except being
ungrateful.
Most people like short prayers and long
sausages.
Mother carry me, and I tomorrow will carry
you.
Mother carry me, I too will carry you.
Mother earth promised to tell her secrets to
heaven.