Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The conquered dare not open their mouths.
The conqueror weeps, the conquered is
ruined.
The conquerors are kings; the defeated are
bandits.
The consequence is the reward of the cause.
The constancy of women is like rain in July.
The constipation of the mind leads to the
diarrhoea of the mouth.
The constitution is paper, bayonets are steel.
The contented person can never be ruined.
The conversation of the wise concerns ideas;
that of the intelligent is about ideas; the
common folk talk about food.
The cook does not have to be a beautiful
woman.
The cooking pot on the fire leaks, when
pouring water it is broken.
The coral waxes, the palm grows, but man
departs.
The cork is always bigger than the mouth of
the bottle.
The corn falls out of a shaken sheaf.
The corn is not choked by the weeds but by
the negligence of the farmer.
The corn that is taken to a bad mill. will be
badly ground.
The corn will bend but it still ends up in the
mill.
The cornered rat will lick the balls of the cat.
The coroner and the lawyer grow fat on the
quarrels of fools.
The corpse of a bird does not decompose in
flight, but on the ground.
The corpse-washer is washed.
The corruption of the best things makes the
worst.
The cost is high of the honey that must be
licked from thorns.
The costliest clock can show only sixty
minutes in every hour.
The costly news of today will be free
tomorrow.
The counsel of the aged is sound.
The counsel you would have another keep,
first keep yourself.
The counterfeit image of a pot with two
539
ears.
The countries you visit, the customs you
find.
The country is in ruins, and there are still
mountains and rivers.
The country rooster dows not crow in the
town.
The country where flowers are expensive
lacks the foundation of culture.
The course of a river is not to be altered.
The course of true love never did run
smooth.
The court is most merciful when the accused
is most rich.
The court of Rome likes not sheep without
wool.
The court official in one life has seven
rebirths as a beggar.
The courteous learn their virtue from the
discourteous.
The covetous man is good to none and
worst to himself.
The covetous person is always in want.
The covetous spends more than the liberal.
The cow does not know the value of her tail
till she has lost it.
The cow does not know the value of its tail
until it is cut off.
The cow does not lick a strange calf.
The cow drinks water and it turns to milk;
the snake drinks water and it turns to
poison.
The cow engenders the man.
The cow gives a good pail of milk and then
kicks it over.
The cow gives good milk, but kicks over the
pail.
The cow gives milk through her mouth.
The cow has a bad delivery though her
owner is present.
The cow has forgotten she was once a calf.
The cow has no owner.
The cow is given a present when her calf is
carried away.
The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is
shorn, not the horse.