Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The most beautiful flowers flourish in the
shade.
The most beautiful laughter comes from the
mouth of a mourner.
The most beautiful roses grow on graves.
The most beautiful things in the universe are
the starry heavens above us and the
feeling of duty within us.
The most cautious passes for the most
chaste.
The most covered fire is always the most
glowing.
The most cunning are the first caught.
The most dangerous food is a wedding cake.
The most dangerous food to eat is a
wedding cake.
The most dangerous thing a man needs is a
woman.
The most desirable woman is always the one
who belongs to someone else.
The most destructive criticism is
indifference.
The most difficult master is the servant who
became master.
The most difficult mountain to cross is the
threshold.
The most disorderly students make the most
pious preachers.
The most extensive land is the human belly.
The most faithful mirror is an old friend.
The most fragrant of flowers are eaten by
the green-fly.
The most friendly fortune trips up your
heels.
The most highly praised woman is the one
about whom no one speaks.
The most horrible sight on earth cannot put
out the eye.
The most important thing in life is to be
buried well.
The most important thing you have to do is
to save your soul.
The most lasting monuments are doubtless
paper-monuments.
The most learned are not the wisest.
The most manifest sign of wisdom is a
continual cheerfulness.
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The most noble dog can only bark.
The most pleasant cruise is near the land;
the most inviting walk near the sea.
The most praised form of fluency is silence
when talk isn't wise.
The most prudent yields to the strongest.
The most stupid chicken always challenges
the wildcat.
The most useful holy war is the one fought
against your own passions.
The moth does most mischief to the finest
garment.
The mother bears the daughter and the
neighbor marries her off.
The mother is she who catches the knife by
the blade.
The mother keeps on caring for her
daughter while the daughter keeps on
craving for her husband.
The mother of a fool is always pregnant.
The mother of dissension is smaller than a
mite.
The Mother of God appears to fools.
The mother of idiots is always pregnant.
The mother of mischief is na mair nor a
midgewing.
The mother of mischief is no bigger than a
midge's wing.
The mother of mischief.
The mother of someone who is killed can
sleep; the mother of the murderer
cannot.
The mother of the big he-goat has no horns.
The mother reckons well, but the child
reckons better.
The mother remembers her youth and so
does not trust her daughter.
The mother said "I will die", the wife said "I
will marry", and in the meantime the
house is full of dirt.
The mother who spoils her child, fattens a
serpent.
The mother-in-law does not remember that
she was once a daughter-in-law.