Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The next mile is the only one a person really
has to make.
The next time ye dance, wit whom ye take
by the hand.
The nice apples are always eaten by nasty
pigs.
The nicest woman is your own; the nicest
harvest is your neighbors.
The niggard spends as much as he who is
liberal, and in the end more.
The night brings counsel.
The night forms a cover for sinners.
The night has ears.
The night hides a world, but reveals a
universe.
The night is good counsellor.
The night is the king of the shadows.
The night may be dark, but the apples have
been counted.
The night might be long, but whether you
want it or not, the day will announce
itself.
The night rinses what the day has soaped.
The night walks the same road as the dream.
The nightime March snow disappears by
day.
The nightingale will run out of songs before
a woman runs out of conversation.
The nights are short for him who married
late in life.
The night's too short to warrant marrying
poor.
The nimblest footman is a false tale.
The noblemen's quarrels can be read on the
backs of the peasants.
The nobler the blood, the less the pride.
The nobler the tree, the more pliant the twig.
The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
The noise is so great one cannot hear God
thunder.
The noise produced by frogs in the well
can't stop an elephant from drinking.
The noisiest drum has nothing but air
inside.
The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air.
The noisy fowler catches no birds.
The north wind does blow, and we shall
580
have snow.
The north wind has no corn and a poor man
no friend.
The nose didn't smell the rotting head.
The nose of him whose guide is a crow will
never get out of the shit.
The nuts from a palm tree don't fall without
dragging a few leaves with it.
The oaths of one who loves a woman are not
to be believed.
The obliging fool is worse than an enemy.
The obscure we see eventually. The
completely apparent takes longer.
obscure we see eventually. The
completely apparent takes longer.
The obstacle is the path.
The obstacle is the path.
The obvious choice is usually a quick regret.
The ocean gives and sustain life to the
worthy.
The offender never forgives.
The offender never pardons.
The offender writes in dust, the offended
writes in marble.
The office teaches the man.
The official who can't lie may as well be out
of the world.
The oft-moved stone gathers no moss.
The oil merchant handles gold and
diamonds; the grain merchant does
business with silver, but the wine
merchant is a poor man.
The okra plant doesn't grow taller than its
planter.
The old age of an eagle is better than the
youth of a sparrow.
The old are the eldest.
The old bear falls into the old trap.
The old branch breaks when it is bent.
The old bucks got the stiffest horns.
The old cask tastes of what the new cask
held.
The old cow forgets that she was once a calf.
The old dog barks not in vain.
The old for want of ability, and the young
for want of knowledge, let things be lost.
The old forget, the young don't know.