Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The afterthought is good for nought, except
it be to catch blind horses with.
The afterthought is good, but forethought is
better.
The age of miracles is past.
The aged in council--the young in action.
The agreement depends on two persons.
The aim is useless without the way.
The air is no less blue because the blind man
doesn't see it.
The air of a window is as the stroke of a
cross-bow.
The air of the land of israel makes one wise.
The alcohol that is insufficient for a whole
town ought not to intoxicate one man.
The always-hurrying person eats goat, but
the one who takes his time eats beef.
The ambitious one makes friends with the
elephant, then tramples upon the ant.
The amount of people equals the amount of
opinions.
The ancestors may annoy you but don't
make a mistake of annoying them back,
they may annoy you forever.
The ancestors of great rivers are brooks.
The ancient motto says: When you can eat
the figs, prune the fig trees.
The anger is not warrantable that has seen
two suns.
The anger of a woman is mighty and the
devil's trickery weak.
The anger of the prudent never shows.
The angry hammer works off his fury on the
steel.
The animal caught in the trap does not
refuse to set itself free.
The animal hide can best be straightened
and smoothened when still fresh.
The animal rambling in the stable makes the
sleeping ones rise too.
The animal that escapes the hunter's spear is
only allowed to go.
The animal that is coming to be killed does
not hear the hunter cough.
The answerer is inferior to the asker.
The ant gets wings that she may perish
sooner.
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The ant had wings to her hurt.
The ant shall never crawl on its knees.
The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside
it.
The antelope becomes lame when it is old.
(Every good thing becomes worn out
with the passing of time.)
The antelope detests the one who announces
its whereabouts more than the one who
sees it.
The antics of a market buffoon provide
laughter, but nobody prays that his child
becomes the market buffoon.
The antidote before the poison.
The anus doesn’t teach the mouth the
sweetness of food.
The anvil does not fear a good sledge-
hammer.
The anvil fears no blows.
The anvil is not afraid of the hammer.
The anvil is used to noise.
The anvil lasts longer than the hammer.
The anxious person fights with the door.
The ape does not see his own backside, he
sees his companion's.
The appetite comes during a meal.
The appetite comes with eating.
The appetite grows while one eats.
The applause of the people is a blast of air.
The apple does not drop faraway from the
trunk.
The apple does not fall far from the tree.
The apple doesn't fall far away from the
apple-tree.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
The apple falls on the head that's under it.
The apple never falls far from the tree
The archer that shoots badly has a lie ready.
The ardor of parental affection consumes the
heart with its fire.
The area covered by your life is not as
important as what you can build on it.
The arguments of the strongest have always
the most weight.
The arm of the young and the head of the
old.