Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
One man restored our fortunes by delay.
One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the
truth.
One man uses his tongue, another his teeth.
One man with courage is a majority.
One man yawning makes another yawn too.
One man, no man.
One man’s loss is another man’s gain.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
One mango tree does not feed the whole
village. (People should not rely upon just
one person to supply all of their needs.)
One mangy sheep spoils a whole flock.
One man's beard is burning, and another
warms his hands by it.
One man's beard is on fire, and another man
warms his hands on it.
One man's beard is on fire, and another man
warms his hands on it.
One man's breath another's death.
One man's breath's another man's death.
One man's death is another man's bread.
One man's death is another man's life.
One man's fault is another man's lesson.
One man's folly is another man's fortune.
One man's happiness is another man's
sadness.
One man's house burns so that another may
warm himself.
One man's loss is another man's gain.
One man's meat is another man's pet.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
One man's meat is another's poison.
One man's punishment is a deterrent to
many.
One man's shit is anothers factory of bliss.
One man's story is no story; hear both sides.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
One marriage is never celebrated but
another grows out of it.
One Mass now is worth a hundred after
you're gone.
One may as well be well beaten as badly
beaten.
One may be generous at heart, but may not
be able to afford it.
One may become the devil's brother in order
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to cross the bridge.
One may better steal a horse than another
look over the hedge.
One may buy gold too dear.
One may get up late if one has the name of
getting up early.
One may go a long way after one is tired.
One may have good eyes and see nothing.
One may have good eyes and yet see
nothing.
One may lead a horse to water, but twenty
cannot make him drink.
One may live without one's friends but not
without one's pipe.
One may make up a soft bed for somebody,
but still it will be hard to sleep in.
One may ride a free horse to death.
One may see through a wall, if there's a hole
in it.
One may sooner fall than rise.
One may steal nothing save a lawyer's
purse.
One may study calligraphy at eighty.
One may survive distress, but not disgrace.
One may teach another to speak, but none
can teach another to hold his peace.
One may tire of eating tarts.
One measures the towers by their shadows
and great people by those who envy
them.
One meets his destiny often in the road he
takes to avoid it.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as
a lamb.
One minute of patience can mean ten years
of peace.
One minute of patience can result in ten
years of peace.
One minute of patience, ten years of peace.
One misfortune brings on another.
One misfortune comes on the neck of
another.
One moment is worth more than a thousand
gold pieces.
One moment of intense happiness prolongs
life by a thousand years.