Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Save yourself frae the deil and the laird's
bairns.
Saving is a greater art than gaining.
Saving is getting.
Saving mustard seeds in hand, while a
watermelon escapes.
Savings are the first gain.
Saw thin, and maw thin.
Say before they say.
Say but little and say it well.
Say I love you, thank you and am sorry
generously, they cost nothing.
Say little, but say it well.
Say no from the start; you will have rest.
Say nothing about another that you would-
n't want to hear about yourself.
Say nothing of the dead but what is good.
Say nothing when you are giving -- only say
something when you are receiving.
Say nothing when you give -- only when
you receive.
Say only a little but say it well.
Say only good things about the dead.
Say still no and ye'll never be married.
Say well's good but do well is better.
Say what we will, do what we will, the boat
goes but sorrily without oars.
Say what you have to say, tomorrow.
Saying "halva-halva" won't make your
mouth sweet.
Saying and doing are two different things.
Saying and doing are two things.
Saying is one thing, and doing another.
Saying is one thing, doing another.
Saying salaam is a sign of true faith.
Saying well causes a laugh; doing well
produces silence.
Scabbed horse cannot abide the comb.
Scabics are given to him who has no
fingernails.
Scald not your lips in another man's pottage.
Scandal is like an egg; when it is hatched it
has wings.
Scandal will rub out like dirt when it is dry.
Scant of cheeks makes a long nose.
Scarce things are prized.
Scarcity sets the price.
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Scart the cog wad sup mare.
Scatter with one hand, gather with two.
Scattering is easier than gathering.
Schnapps is schnapps and business is
business.
Scholars are invaluable to a nation as the
best course to a banquet.
Scholars talk books, butchers talk pigs.
Schoolmaster, stick to your books; farmer, to
your pigs.
Science is unlimited in its course; life is
short.
Science makes men arrogant; wealth makes
them fools.
Science without religion is lame; religion
without science is blind.
Scorn makes commonly with skaith.
Scornfu' dogs eat dirty puddin's.
Scotsmen aye tak their mark frae a mischief.
Scots-men reckon ay fra an ill hour.
Scrapes you short man, and you will also
have.
Scratch a lover and find an enemy.
Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar.
Scratch an old woman's back and she will let
you taste her pepper pot.
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
Scratch people where they itch.
Scratch where it itches.
Scratching an itch from outside the boot.
Scratching and borrowing do well enough,
but not for long.
Scratching where you reach. (Do only that
which you are able to do.)
Sea urchins, limpets, and crabs you spend a
lot and eat nothing.
Seamen learn to get to know each other
during a storm.
Search for a friend with no faults and you
will remain with no friends.
Search for a needle in the ocean.
Search knowledge though it be in China.
Search yourself, and you will find Allah.