Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Not every ass has long ears.
Not every ball hits.
Not every cloud brings rain.
Not every day is a celebration in mpaza.
Not every dog that barks bites.
Not every glittering thing is gold.
Not every land has all at hand.
Not Every nun becomes Mother Superior.
Not every one may pluck roses.
Not every one that dances is glad.
Not every pain comes to harm you.
Not every sort of wood is fit to make an
arrow.
Not every stone will hurt your head.
Not every sweet root gives birth to sweet
grass.
Not every thunderclap is followed by
lightning.
Not every truth is good to be told.
Not every wood will make wooden shoes.
Not every word requires an answer.
Not everybody is as bad as he is dressed.
Not everybody who wears spurs is a jockey.
Not everyone who has a cowl on is a monk.
Not everyone who sings a lullaby stays
awake.
Not everyone who sits in the seat of honor is
master.
Not everyone who wears spurs owns a
horse.
Not everything a scholar knows he learned
from his teacher.
Not everything can be seen, but everything
exists.
Not everything forbidden is sweet.
Not everything is a mermaid that dives into
the water.
Not everything on the body that swells is a
boil.
Not everything that glimmers is gold.
Not everything that glitters is gold or
diamond.
Not everything that is bad comes to hurt us.
Not everything that is good to eat is good to
talk about.
Not everything that shines is gold.
Not everything that's allowed is best.
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Not everything you hear is good for
conversation.
Not everything, which is bad, comes to hurt
us.
Not for village, not for town.
Not having all of them in a row.
Not having enough is like not having
anything.
Not he gives who likes, but who has.
Not he who has many ideas but he who has
one conviction may become a great man.
Not he who lived long knows, but he who
traveled much knows.
Not much can be done when everyone is
giving orders.
Not much is worse than a troll.
Not need to know French to ask to sleep
outside.
Not only of bread lives a man.
Not only of bread will the man live.
Not only that the rich man is rich, but he has
such good checks too.
Not only those who can talk the best tell you
the most interesting things.
Not shooting means always missing.
Not so much that it burns the saint, nor so
little that it doesn't illuminate him.
Not speech, but facts, convince.
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck,
leads the flock to fly and follow.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word
spoken in anger.
Not the glittering weapon fights the fight,
but rather the hero's heart.
Not the place where I was born but where I
hang my hat is home.
Not to advance is to recede.
Not to be ashamed of sin is to sin double.
Not to be considered queer conform to the
crowd.
Not to disturb that which is at rest.
Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is
worse.
Not to know is to be a Buddha.