Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A man devoid of religion is like a horse
without a bridle.
A man dies but his tongue does not rot.
A man dies when he stops working.
A man does not always aim at what he
means to hit.
A man does not become a parish if he is
married to a pretty wife.
A man does not look behind the door
unless he has stood there himself.
A man does not run among thorns for no
reason; either he is chasing a snake or a
snake is chasing him.
A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its
man.
A man does not wander far from where his
corn is roasting.
A man doesn’t escape from bees with a
lump of honey in his hand.
A man doesn’t know when he kills.
A man fails seven times and rises eight
times.
A man finds many faults in a woman when
he wants to divorce, and finds many
charms in one’s fiancée.
A man finds what he takes to be small; it
will only be big again when he loses it.
A man forewarned is as good as two.
A man forewarned is equal to two.
A man gains nothing by vain glory but
contempt and hatred.
A man gets to the land of spirits when he
passes seven rivers, seven forests and
seven hills.
A man grows most tired while standing
still.
A man has a choice to begin love, but not to
end it.
A man has learned much who has learned
how to die.
A man has often cut a rod to beat himself.
A man has the same last name as his broth-
er.
A man has to hold his mouth open a long
time before a roasted partridge flies into
it.
A man has two ears and one mouth that he
hear much and speak little.
A man has two ears and one mouth; he
therefore should listen more than he
talks.
A man hath no more good then he hath
good of.
A man if he lives alone is either a god or a
demon.
A man in a passion rides a horse that runs
away with him.
A man in debt is caught in a net.
A man in love mistakes a harelip for a
dimple.
A man in love mistakes a pimple for a
dimple.
A man in love schemes more than a
hundred lawyers.
A man in not known till he cometh to
honour.
A man in passion rides a mad horse.
A man in this world without learning is as a
beast of the field.
A man in this world without learning is as a
beast of the field.
A man is a king in his own house.
A man is a lion in his own cause.
A man is a man to the extent that he sticks
by his word.
A man is a wolf to another man.
A man is always on the move.
A man is as big as the things that made him
mad.
A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
A man is as old as he feels, a woman as old
as she looks.
A man is as old as he feels.
A man is as wise as his head, not his years.
A man is bound by his word, an ox with a
hempen cord.
A man is called a drunkard when he
misbehaves, not when he drinks.
A man is happy when he has books, but
happier still when he does not need
them.
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