Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Render the service paid for.
Render therefore unto Caesar the things
which are Caesar's; and unto God the
things that are God's
Render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesar's.
Renounce a friend who covers you with his
wings and destroys you with his beak.
Renounce the devil, and thou shalt wear a
shabby coat.
Renown is denied to the living.
Renown is more lasting than life.
Rent and Taxes never sleep.
Re-open not a wound once healed.
Repay evil with good, and hell will not
claim you.
Repeating a lie, doesn't make that lie true.
Repentance comes too late.
Repentance costs dear.
Repentance for silence is better than
repentance for speaking.
Repentance is good, but innocence is better.
Repentance is the heart's medicine.
Repentance is the spring beneath our
virtues.
Repentance never comes first.
Repentance prolongs a man's life.
Repentance washes away sin.
Repentance won't cure mischief.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Reperition is a mother of learning.
Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
Report makes the wolf bigger than he is.
Reproaches are the soap of the heart.
Republicans will do anything for the poor
except get off their backs.
Reputation is commonly measured by the
acre.
Reputation is what you are in the light;
character is what you are in the dark.
Reputations last longer than lives.
Repute hangs a man.
Reshape one's feet to fit into new shoes.
Reshape one's foot to try to fit into a new
shoe.
Resist the beginnings.
Respect a little child, and let it respect you.
Respect bread because bread is older than
we are.
Respect cannot be built with a stick.
Respect due to a dog.
Respect flies away for the one who pursues
it and hunts the person who is fleeing
from it.
Respect fools to avoid noise.
Respect for one's parents is the highest duty
of civil life.
Respect for the rights of others is peace.
Respect is greater from a distance.
Respect old people, and be gentle with
children.
Respect out of fear is never genuine;
reverence out of respect is never false.
Respect spiritual beings but keep your
distance.
Respect starts with yourself.
Respect the one who has not yet become
rich. (Don’t despise your friend who is
poor, because one day they may become
rich also.)
Respect yourself, and you will get it back.
Rest breeds rust.
Rest comes from unrest, and unrest from
rest.
Rest is good after the work is done.
Rest makes rusty.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is
thus supported; but unremitting toil
destroys both.
Restless feet may walk into a snake pit.
Reticence builds a fortress in the mind.
Retreating is not the same as fleeing.
Return property to its owner, and your sleep
will be peaceful.
Return the dolls clothes.
Return to old watering holes for more than
water; friends and dreams are there to
meet you.
Revenge a hundred years old has still its
milk-teeth.
Revenge converts a little right into a great
wrong.
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