Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
There are many who prefer to despise and
belittle that which is beyond their reach.
There are many who throw stones at a red
apple.
There are many witty men whose brains
can't fill their bellies.
There are many words that are like salted
jam.
There are men who walk through the woods
and see no trees.
There are misfortunes in almost every
family.
There are more asses than carry sacks.
There are more buyers than connoisseurs.
There are more chains than mad dogs.
There are more days than sausages.
There are more foolish buyers than foolish
sellers.
There are more fools among buyers than
among sellers.
There are more hands than heads.
There are more men threatened than
stricken.
There are more motley dogs than the
priest's.
There are more old drunkards [tipplers]
than old doctors.
There are more thieves than are hanged.
There are more thieves than gallows.
There are more thieves than gibbets.
There are more threatened than slain [hurt].
There are more threatened than struck.
There are more ways of killing
There are more ways of killing a cat than
choking it with cream [butter.]
There are more ways than one to kill a cat.
There are more ways to kill a dog than by
choking him on peanut butter.
There are more ways to kill a dog than by
hanging him.
There are more ways to the wood than one.
There are more whores in hiding than there
are public ones.
There are no bad beasts except man.
There are no bad beers; some kinds are
better than others.
There are no bad ships at all, there are bad
615
captains.
There are no beautiful prisons or ugly loved
ones.
There are no better masters than poverty
and wants.
There are no birds in last year's nest.
There are no birds of this year in last year's
nests.
There are no cakes without work.
There are no children now-a-days.
There are no fans in hell.
There are no foolish trades, there are only
foolish people.
There are no greater promisers than those
who have nothing to give.
There are no greater prudes than those
women who have their own dirty secrets
to hide.
There are no incurable diseases but only
incurable people.
There are no miracles for those that have no
faith in them.
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
There are no national frontiers to learning.
There are no old friendships in business.
There are no old warriors.
There are no secret in the world.
There are no short cuts to the top of a palm
tree.
There are no small parts, only small actors.
There are no virgins in a brothel.
There are no witnesses to a dream.
There are no women or horses without
shortcomings.
There are none so blind as those, that will
not see
There are none so deaf as those who will not
hear advice.
There are not many who would announce
their faults with a gong.
There are not so many who must feign
madness to survive.
There are old men of three years old and
children of a hundred.
There are only twenty-four hours in the day.