Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
One does not regret giving one's own ear-
ring to one's dear friend.
One does not sharpen the axes after the
right time; after the time they are
needed.
One does not slaughter a calf before its
mother's eyes.
One does not wash one’s dirty linen in
public.
One does not wash one's dirty linen in
public.
One does the scathe, and another has the
scorn.
One doesn’t love another, if one doesn’t
accept anything from her.
One doesn't bring samovars to tula.
One doesn't call a hyena to displine a
troublesome goat.
One doesn't examine the teeth of a gift
horse.
One doesn't follow a wild beast into its lair.
One doesn't tell a man 'go away' but one
shows him something so he will go.
One dog barks at something specific, and a
hundred bark at the sound.
One dog growls to see another go into the
kitchen.
One dog snarls at a shadow; a hundred
howl at each other's barking.
One dog yelping at nothing will set ten
thousand straining at their collars.
One dog's piss will not pollute the ocean.
One donkey ate flour and all have whitened
muzzle.
One door is shut, but a thousand are open.
One door never shuts but another opens.
One drink can lead to one's downfall.
One drink is just right; two is too many;
three are too few.
One droops before one dies.
One ducat before the trial is worth three
afterwards.
One eats figs whilst the other pays.
One eats while another watches -- that is
how revolutions are begun.
One eats, another watches; that's how
revolutions are born.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten
friends can do good.
One enemy can harm you more than a
hundred friends can do you good.
One enemy is too much for a man, and a
hundred friends too few.
One enemy is too much, and a hundred
friends are not enough.
One Englishman can beat three Frenchmen.
One evil breeds another.
One eye in the corner is sharper than two
about the house.
One eye is a better witness than two ears.
One eye of a master sees more than four of a
servent.
One eye of the master sees more than four
eyes of his servants.
One eye on the frying-pan and the other on
the cat.
One eyewitness could be better than ten
hearsays.
One eyewitness is better than ten hear-so's.
One failure leads to another; so does suc-
cess.
One false step brings everlasting grief. Short
please, long lament.
One falsehood leads to another.
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
One family builds the wall, two families en-
joy it.
One father can feed seven children, but sev-
en children cannot feed one father.
One father can support ten children; ten
children cannot support one father.
One father is enough to govern one hundred
sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
One father is more than a hundred
schoolmasters.
One fault does not warrant divorce of a
wife.
One favours him from whom one has in the
past received a gift.
One finds little ingratitude so long as one is
in a position to grant favors.
One finger alone cannot even kill a louse.