Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The beast that goes well never wants a rider
to try its paces.
The beaten pay the fine.
The beautiful is less what one sees than
what one dreams.
The beauty of a housewife will not put more
fat into the soup.
The beauty of a woman becomes useless if
there is no one to admire it.
The beauty of a woman does not make a
man richer.
The beauty of the fig; inside are ants.
(Appearances can be deceiving.)
The beauty of the man is in his intelligence
and the intelligence of the woman is in
her beauty.
The beauty of the play is to do deeds and
speak little.
The beauty of things lies in the mind that
contemplates it.
The bed of the Dominicans, the table of the
Capuccins, and the luxury of the
Benedictines.
The bee does not nest with the hornet.
The bee gets honey from the same flower
where the snake sucks her poison.
The bee has a sting but honey too.
The bee that carries honey in its mouth
carries a sting in its tail.
The bee without a sting collects no honey.
The bee, from her industry in the summer,
eats honey all the winter.
The beer is difficult to strain.
The beetle failed to have wings because of
eating. (Greed is not good because it
makes us fail to do important things.)
The beggar is not afraid of the drawbacks of
being rich.
The beggar may sing before the thief.
The beggar that begs near another beggar
will never be rich.
The beggar who asks for crumbs gets more
than the one who asks for bread.
The beggar's bag is bottomless.
The beggar's wallet has no bottom.
The begining is bud the end is coconut.
The begining of a dance is lele.
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The begining of a mat-making is two slips of
raffia leaf.
The beginning and end of one's life is to
draw closer to the fire.
The beginning and the end reach out their
hands to each other.
The beginning hot, the middle lukewarm,
the end cold.
The beginning is half of the whole.
The beginning is the half of every action.
The beginning of anger is madness and the
end of it is regret.
The beginning of health is sleep.
The beginning of health is to know the
disease.
The beginning of sin is sweet; its end is
bitter.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by
their rightful names.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The bell does not go to mass, and yet calls
every one to it.
The bell is loud because it is empty.
The bell rings loudest in your own home.
The belly does not accept bail.
The belly does not have a conscience.
The belly gives no credit.
The belly has no conscience.
The belly is a bad adviser.
The belly is like a judge that is silent yet still
asks questions.
The belly overrules the head.
The belly robs the back.
The belly teaches all arts.
The belly wants ears.
The belly warm, the foot at rest.
The belt and the kilt.
The benefice must be taken with its
liabilities.
The benefits you get become the debts you
owe to others.
The best act of generosity is that which is
quickly done.
The best advice I know in life is don't give
too much.
The best advice is found on the pillow.