Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
They wrangle about an egg, and let the hens
fly away.
They're a' ae sow's pick.
Thick body, weak soul.
Thick branches and big leaves.
Thick wine is better than clear water.
Thief knows thief, and wolf knows wolf.
Thief who steals thief has one hundred years
of pardon.
Thievery and lying are kissing cousins.
Thieves conceal themselves in the night not
in the day.
Thieves don't like to see their comrades car-
rying the bags.
Thieves dread a commotion.
Thieves hunt in couples, but a liar has no
accomplice.
Thieves never steal bells.
Things are not always what they seem.
Things are not as they are, but as they are
regarded.
Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked
stones and they produced soup.
Things beyond our reach are not worth our
consideration.
Things coming from afar are most esteemed.
Things don't always go as planned.
Things dont just happen by accidents.
Things for children, apple, almonds and
hazel nuts.
Things from the initiation ceremony, so not
say them on public. (Don’t speak about
things that are not supposed to be
known by other people.)
Things hardly attained are the longer
retained.
Things hatched in discord are not speedily
terminated.
Things never go so well that one should
have no fear, and never so ill that one
should have no hope.
Things never go so well that someone
should have no fear, nor so bad that
someone should have no hope.
Things often happen when you least expect
them to. Where we least think, there goes
the hare away.
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Things past cannot be recalled.
Things refuse to be mismanaged long.
Things rumoured lessen in importance as
they assume reality.
Things that are stolen will really never make
you rich.
Things that are weak will break -- as men do
who think they are strong.
Things that you don't know are like a dark
night.
Things will develop in the opposite
direction when they become extreme.
Think about your own faults during the first
half of the night, and the faults of others
during the second half.
Think and thank god.
Think back, old trunk, to when you were a
sprout.
Think before acting and whilst acting still
think.
Think before speaking.
Think before you begin.
Think before you do.
Think before you leap.
Think before you speak but do not speak all
that you think.
Think before you speak.
Think everything carefully before
committing yourself because there is no
point for regretting it later.
Think first and speak afterwards.
Think globally, act locally.
Think late, suffer soon.
Think like a winner and you will be one.
Think much, say little, write less.
Think much, speak little, write less.
Think not on what you lack as much as on
what you have.
Think of ease, but work on.
Think of many things -- do one.
Think of many things, but do just one at a
time.
Think of many things, do [only] one.
Think of the going out before you enter.