Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Na man can both sup and blow together.
Nae butter will stick to my bread.
Nae fleeing frae fate.
Nae fool to an auld fool.
Nae friend to a friend in need.
Nae great loss but there's some sma' profit.
Nae man can baith sup an' blaw thegither.
Nae man can baith sup and blaw at ance.
Nae man can thrive unless his wife let him.
Nae man has a tack of his life.
Nae penny nae paternoster.
Nae safe wading in unco waters.
Nae sooner up than her head's in the ambry.
Nae wonder to see wasters want.
Naething like bein stark deid.
Naething to do but draw in your stool & sit
down.
Nail by, with nail.
Name not a rope in his house that hanged
himself.
Nane but fools and knaves lay wagers.
Nane can mak a bore but ye'll find a pin for't
Nane can play the fool sae well as a wise
man.
Nane sae weel but he hopes to be better.
Nanny-goat neber cratch him back till him
see wall.
Narrow gathered, widely spent.
National customs are national honours.
Natura genetrix.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Nature and love cannot be hid.
Nature and mankind pray for the Prophets
soul.
Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.
Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever.
Nature does nothing in vain.
Nature draws stronger then seven oxen.
Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to
make it easier to eat hot food.
Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to
make it easier to eat hot food.
Nature hangs out her sign everywhere.
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and
but one tongue.
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and
but one tongue; to the end we should
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hear and see more than we speak.
Nature is better than a middling doctor.
Nature is our mother.
Nature is the true law.
Nature passes nurture
Nature requires little, fancy much.
Nature shines through the cat's eyes.
Nature surpasses nurture.
Nature teaches us to love our friends, but
religion our enemies.
Nature will come through the claws, and the
hound will follow the hare.
Nature without an effort surpasses art.
Nature, time, and patience are the three
great physicians.
Naught must disturb a man of worth at
dinner.
Naught venture, naught have.
Naught's a naught and figger's a figger - all
for the white man and none for the
nigger.
Navigate your vessel alone.
Near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt.
Near is my doublet, but nearer is my smock.
Near is my kirkle, but nearer is my smock.
Near is my petticoat but nearer is my smock.
Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
Near the church far from God.
Near the dry, the damp will burn.
Near the spring nobody dies of thirst.
Nearer e'en the mair beggars.
Nearest is dearest.
Neathing comes fairer to licht than what
heas been lang hidden.
Nebber mek you sail too big fe you ship.
Necessities never end.
Necessity and opportunity may make a
coward valiant.
Necessity becomes will.
Necessity breaks iron.
Necessity breaks the law.
Necessity can break iron.
Necessity can change a lion into a fox.
Necessity changes a lion into a fox.