Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Rather have a little one for your friend, than
a great one for your enemy.
Rather lose the wool than the sheep.
Rather mulberry than almond.
Rather once cry your heart out than always
sigh.
Rather one bird in the hand, than ten in the
woods.
Rather ten thousand lanterns from a
wealthy man than one lantern from a
poor man.
Rather than an abatement of her
viciousness, a witch gives birth to only
female children and witchcraft
multiplies.
Rather than run into debt, wear your old
coat.
Rather than tell a lie to help a friend, it is
better to assist him in paying the fine for
his offense.
Rather the cruelty of the Turks than the
justice of the Bedouins.
Rather the egg to-day than the hen to-
morrow.
Rather weigh the will of the speaker, than
the worth of the words.
Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy
in misfortune.
Rats desert a sinking ship.
Rats do not play tricks with kittens.
Rats know the way of rats.
Rats make havoc in the kitchen when the
cat's a kitten.
Rats plotting: problems with flour.
Ravens do not peck each other's eyes out.
Ravens do not peck out raven's eyes.
Raw cucumber makes the churchyards
prosperous.
Raw leather will stretch.
Read critically, and you will find each word
worth a thousand ounces of gold.
Reading books removes sorrows from the
heart.
Reading books removes sorrows from the
heart.
Reading makes a full man, meditation a
profound man, discourse a clear man.
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Reading Scripture in front of a donkey.
Ready money is ready medicine.
Ready money works great cures.
Real fraternity is not about blood, it is about
sharing.
Real friendship is a slow grower.
Real gold is not afraid of the melting pot.
Real happiness is found not in doing the
things you like to do, but in liking the
things you have to do.
Real love is when you don't have to tell each
other.
Real power is in the heart.
Real success is success of the soul.
Real wealth consists not in having, but in
not wanting.
Reality never surpasses imagination.
Really to stop criticism one must die.
Rear a python and he will swallow you.
Rear dogs and wolves' cubs to rend you.
Reason band the man.
Reason doe not come before years.
Reason is absent, when impulse rules.
Reason is only verbal.
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the
fool's.
Reason lies between the bridle and the spur.
Reason not with the great, 'tis a perilous
gate.
Reason succeeds where force fails.
Reasonable people can differ.
Reasonings banish reason.
Reavers should not be rewers.
Rebellious thoughts are like an abandoned
house overtaken by robbers.
Rebuke should have a grain more of salt
than of sugar.
Rebuke with soft words and hard
arguments.
Rebukes ought not to have a grain more of
salt than of sugar.
Receive a plum, return a peach.
Receive and rejoice, Antonio, it's your
celebration; always receive and never
restrain.