Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The First glass is for health, the second - for
joy, the third - for fun, the fourth - for
madness.
The first goes as a stake, the second as a
falcon, and the third as a little bird.
The first half of life is spent in longing for
the second, the second half in regretting
the first.
The first half of the night, think of your own
faults; the second half, the faults of
others.
The first hen that cackles is the one that laid
the egg.
The first hundred years are the hardest.
The first in the boat has the choice of oars.
The first love letters are written with the
eyes.
The first marriage is a plate of honey, the
second a glass of wine, and the third is a
cup of poison.
The first may become the last.
The first mistake are theirs who commit
them, the second are theirs that permit
them.
The first occasion offered quickly take, lest
thou repine at what thou didst forsake.
The first one to eat, the last one to work.
The first pancake is a blob.
The first pancake is always a failure.
The first seeding on the feast of All Saints
and the last on the feast of Saint Andrew.
The first sin makes the bed for the second.
The first snow does not mean winter, nor
the first love marriage.
The first step binds one to the second.
The first step is all the difficulty.
The first step is usually the hardest.
The first step to health is to know that we
are sick.
The first step toward greatness is to be
honest.
The first thing one should own is a home;
and it is the last thing one should sell; for
a home is ones tomb this side of heaven.
The first thing that God created was his own
beard.
The first time you cheat me, be ashamed.
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The second time it is I who must be
ashamed.
The first wife is a broom, and the second a
lady.
The first wife is matrimony, the second
company, the third heresy.
The first will get the credit, even if the
second is better.
The first year let your house to your enemy;
the second to your friend; the third live
in it yourself.
The fish always stinks from the head
downwards.
The fish at the top edge of the fire.
The fish does not go after the hook, but after
the bait.
The fish don't see the water.
The fish lead a pleasant life, they drink
when they like.
The fish requires salt.
The fish rots from the head.
The fish sees the bait not the hook; a man
sees not the danger -- only the profit.
The fish starts to rot from the head.
The fish stinks from the head.
The fish that can see that its water is getting
shallower, cannot be stranded.
The fish that dirties the water will forever
swim in dirty water.
The fish was so fresh that it was being
cooked while its tail was still in the sea.
The fish who is in the weir will want out,
who is outside will want inside the weir.
The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at
every bait.
The fish you cannot catch is always a big
one.
The fish, seeing the water has dried up,
struggles mightily in the mud.
The fisherman fishes in troubled water.
The fisherman is the shark's friend.
The fist loss is the best.
The flame is not far from the smoke.
The flatterer makes you climb up a tree then
takes the ladder away.
The flatterer's throat is an open sepulchre.
The flavour of health is given by an illness.