Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The good wife at her husband's home, the
other one is at her parent's home.
The good won't be spoiled in an inn, so the
bad won't be mended in a church.
The goodness of the father reaches higher
than a mountain; that of the mother goes
deeper than the ocean.
The goodness of your friend is your own
food
The goodwill accompanying the gift is the
best portion of it.
The goose goes so often into the kitchen, till
at last she sticks to the spit.
The goose hisses, but does not bite.
The goose is too small for two but too big
for one.
The goose that has a good gander cackles
loudly.
The goose that has lost its head no longer
cackles.
The goose-pan is above the roast.
The goslings would lead the geese out to
grass.
The gossips fall out and tell each other
truths.
The gourd that never leaves the boozing
centre attains cracks.
The gourd's neck cannot be straightened in
it's old age, it can only be broken.
The governor must fill your jars.
The gown does not make the friar.
The gown does not make the monk.
The gown is hers that wears it; and the
world is his who enjoys it.
The grace of God is found between the
saddle and the ground.
The grace of God is geir enough.
The grape is not ripened by the rays of the
moon.
The grape is sour.
The grapes are sour, said the fox, when he
could not get at them.
The grapes are sour.
The grass is always greener on the other
side of the fence.
The grass is always greener on the other
side.
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The grass is always greener on your neigh-
bor's yard.
The grass looks greener on the other side of
the fence.
The grass may be greener on the other side,
but it is just as difficult to cut.
The grass torch that burns a bad house, also
burns a good one.
The grasshopper flies about, but the
kingfisher watches him.
The grasshopper is dear to the grasshopper,
the ant loves the ant.
The grasshopper which is always near its
mother eats the best food.
The gratitude that bees receive is the smoke
that people use to expel them and get at
their honey.
The grave is our mother.
The grave only calls those death loves.
The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest
bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass;
and the gravest man's a fool.
The graveyard is full of people who thought
things cannot work in this world without
them.
The graveyards are full of young lawyers,
lost inheritance and young doctors.
The gravity of the earth is so strong that the
old grey man walks crooked.
The great elephant of India cares not for a
gnat.
The great man is he who does not lose his
child's heart.
The great night that provides, the great day
that neglects.
The great question is not whether you have
failed, but whether you are content with
failure.
The great scholar forgets about fame, the
average scholar works for it, and the
unworthy scholar steals it.
The great spirit is not perfect: it has a good
side and a bad side. sometimes the bad
side gives us more knowledge than the
good side.
The great thief escapes, the small one hangs.