Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A man without a beard is like bread with-
out a crust.
A man without a book is blind.
A man without a child is a king without
sorrows.
A man without a knife, is a man without a
life.
A man without a smiling face must not
open a shop.
A man without a wife is a man without a
house.
A man without a wife is but half a man.
A man without a wife is like a field without
a fence.
A man without a wife is like a man in
winter without a fur cap.
A man without a wife is like a vase without
flowers.
A man without a woman cannot defend
himself against seductions.
A man without a woman is a tree without
leaves and branches.
A man without a woman is only half a man.
A man without ambition is like a woman
without looks.
A man without enemies is worthless.
A man without grief is not a man.
A man without happiness is either not good
or not well.
A man without honor smells worse than a
corpse.
A man without luck always goes on foot.
A man without money is like a boat
without sails.
A man without money is like a bow
without arrows.
A man without money is like a ship
without sails.
A man without money is like a wolf
without teeth.
A man without money is like the walking
dead.
A man without money is no man at all.
A man without passion is no son of Adam.
A man without prudence is a ship without
an anchor.
A man without reason is a beast in season
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A man without religion is a horse without a
bridle.
A man would not lick what he spit.
A man yearns for his paradise but it could
become his hell.
A man, a word; a word, a man.
A man’s actions are more important than
his ancestry.
A man’s best fortune, or his worst is a wife.
A man’s character reaches town before his
person.
A man’s conversation is the mirror of his
thoughts.
A man’s discontent is his worst evil.
A man’s dreams are his own.
A man’s eyes are for seeing, a woman’s for
being seen.
A man’s face is a lion’s.
A man’s faults all conform to his type of
mind. Observe his faults and you may
know his virtues.
A man’s first care should be to avoid the
reproaches of his own heart, his next to
escape the censures of the world.
A man’s fortune must first be changed from
within.
A man’s good name is as precious to him as
its skin is to a tiger.
A man’s grave is by the roadside.
A man’s greed is like a snake that wants to
swallow an elephant.
A man’s hat in his hand, never did him any
harm.
A man’s heart and the autumnal sky.
A man’s heart changes as often as does the
autumn sky.
A man’s heart is a forest.
A man’s heart is indiscernible behind his
chest.
A man’s heart is not a sack open to all.
A man’s heart tells him of his opportunities
better than seven watchmen on the
lookout tower.
A man’s house is his castle.
A man’s in-law is his spirit.