Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A man’s intelligence is located in the tip of
the pen.
A man’s life is a circle from childhood to
childhood, and thus it is in everything
where the power moves.
A man’s own opinion is never wrong.
A man’s praise in his own mouth stinks.
A man’s ruin lies in his tongue.
A man’s servant can live for a hundred
years; the slave of a woman dies in six
months.
A man’s shirt does not change the color of
his skin.
A man’s studies pass into his character.
A man’s value is that which he sets upon
himself.
A man’s wealth may be superior to him.
A man’s well or wae as he thinks himself
sae.
A man’s will can be his paradise, but it can
also be his hell.
A man’s will is his heaven.
A man’s word is his honour.
A man’s work is from sun to sun, but a
mother’s work is never done.
A man’s worst enemies can’t wish on him
what he can think up himself.
A man’s worth depends on his two smallest
organs: his heart and his tongue.
A man’s youth will never die, unless he
kills himself.
A man's faults all conform to his type of
mind. Observe his
A mans greatest shortcoming is that he
neglects his own field and weeds that of
others.
A mansion pulled down is half built up
again.
A mantis stalking a cicada is unaware of an
oriole behind.
A mare who has had a foal will never again
drink pure water.
A market can be spoilt by one woman.
A market is three women and a goose.
A marketplace is not the pace for a husband
and wife to argue. However long the
night may last, there will be a morning.
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Daylight follows a dark night.
A marriage in later years sends a letter to
the grave digger.
A marriage is a procession in which the
cross goes first.
A married couple is neither enemies nor
friends.
A married man has many sorrows – an un-
married man has one more.
A married man is a caged bird.
A masquerade does not perform to an
outside audience until he performs well
at the home base.
A masquerade is not a spirit only because
of its mask.
A master’s request is a command.
A meagre compromise is better than a fat
lawsuit.
A meal without flesh is like feeding on
grass.
A meal without wine is like a day without
sunshine.
A mean pot plaid never even.
A measly hog infects the whole sty.
A meeting in sunlight is lucky, and a
burying in the rain.
A melon and a woman are hard to know.
A melon forced off its vine is not sweet.
A mended lid to a cracked pan.
A meowing cat catches no mice.
A meowing cat is never a good mouse
catcher.
A merchants happiness hangs upon chance,
winds, and waves.
A merry companion on the road is as good
as a nag.
A merry heart goes all the way.
A merry heart makes a long life.
A merry host makes merry guests.
A merry life forgets father and mother.
A messenger is not killed.
A mester is a master in hell as well.
A mewing cat is never a good mouser.
A middle course is the safest.
A mild sheep is suck by every lamb.