Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The sayings of the wise are like the sharp
sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep.
The scabbier the sheep the harder it bleats.
The scalded dog fears cold water.
The scalded dog fears hot water, and
afterwards, cold.
The scales tip where the weight is.
The scent of a rose will always stay on the
hand of the giver.
The scent of every flower is short lived.
The schlemiel lands on his back and bruises
his nose.
The scholar builds the cities, the woman
knocks them down.
The scholar knows what she lacks
knowledge of.
The scholar may war the master.
The scoffer's own house is often on fire.
The scraping hen will get something; the
crouching hen nothing.
The scythe has hit a stone.
The sea aint got no backdoor; I can swim
like lead.
The sea becomes the shore, the shore
becomes the sea.
The sea breeze blows the pelican where he
wants to go.
The sea embraces streams.
The sea has an enormous thirst and an
insatiable appetite.
The Sea has decided to drown itself in the
river.
The sea never buys fish.
The sea of bitterness has no bounds - repent
and the shore is near.
The sea refuses no river.
The seagull sees farthest who flies highest.
The seagull thinks it is an act of kindness to
give the fish a lift in the air.
The second blow makes the fray.
The second thought is always the best.
The second word makes the fray.
The secret in swimming is to know how to
take care of your clothes.
The secret of an old woman scolding.
The secret of life is not to do what you like,
but to like what you do.
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The secret of patience is doing something
else in the meantime.
The secret of success is constancy of
purpose.
The secret of success is to start from scratch.
The secret of two is God's secret, the secret
of three is everybody's secret.
The secret of two no further will go; the
secret of three a hundred will know.
The secret to success is to walk forward.
The secret was uncovered by the ants. (All
secrets will become known.)
The seed of all evil is laziness.
The seed waits for its garden or ground
where it will be sown.
The seeds of the day are best planted in the
first hour.
The seeker is the finder.
The seeking for one thing will find another.
The seemingly most respectable people are
quiet often in fact scoundrels.
The seller has one eye, the buyer, one
hundred.
The September moon governs seven moons.
The servant of the devil does more than is
asked for.
The servant wench that has a mother in
town swoons seven times a day.
The service is rendered, the goods awaited.
The sex of a cralmac is of interest only to
another cralmac.
The shade of the same tree, the flowing of
the same stream.
The shadow for the substance.
The shadow of a lord is a cap for a fool.
The shadow should be the same length as
the body.
The shallower the brook, the more it
babbles.
The shame you cannot lift away, you had
better let lie.
The shame you can't lift away, you had
better let lie.
The shark who has eaten cannot swim with
the shark that is hungry.
The sharper soon cheats the covetous man.