Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
To have a lot of irons in the fire.
To have a woman is bad; to lose her is
worse.
To have beautiful servant girls is a threat to
good marriages.
To have been silent never does harm, but to
have spoken does.
To have eye one on the cat and another on
the frying-pan.
To have five drachmas in the hand is better
than ten drachmas on paper.
To have luck needs little wit.
To have no enemies is equivalent to wealth.
To have no wants, is money.
To have nothing is not poverty.
To have rotten intestines. (to have wicked
and useless children)
To have saved one human life is worth more
than to build a pagoda with seven
stories.
To have security, plan ahead.
To have something, but effort. (In order to
have something that you want it is
important to make an effort to get it.)
To have two eyes can be cause for pride; but
to have one eye is better than to have
none.
To heal the lovers aching heart, Give him a
virgin to wed.
to hear the words of the elders is staying up
To heaven for the music but to hell for a
good conversation.
To him that hath much, shall much be given.
To him that watches, everything is revealed.
To him that you tell your secret you resign
your liberty.
To him who can take what thou hast, give
what he asks.
To him who gives you a capon you may
spare a leg and a wing.
To him who gives you a pig you may well
give a rasher.
To him who is determined it remains only to
act.
To him who laughs at old people, a crippled
state comes laughing. (a person who
laugh at old people end in misery)
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To him who puts a cord around his neck,
God will supply someone to pull it.
To him who watches, everything reveals
itself.
To hit on the head. (state the truth)
To hit the nail on the head.
To hunt for a hare with a tabor.
To jump when there is no fire. (Don’t fear
that which you have not yet seen.)
To keep a new friend, never break with the
old.
To keep one's tongue is worthy of praise.
To keep their ain hole clean, the minister's
wife should put away old things as often
as needed.
To kick with sore toe only hurts foot.
To kill two birds with one stone.
To kiss a barbell fish leaving the spear.
To kiss the child is to kiss the mother.
To know a man well one must have eaten a
bushel of salt with him.
To know all is to forgive all.
To know and know that you know, not to
know and know that you don't know,
that is to know.
To know and not do is not yet to know.
To know and to act are one and the same.
To know another is not to know that
person's face, but to know that person's
heart.
To know everything is to know nothing.
To know is easier than to do.
To know nothing is the happiest life.
To know one's self is to know others, for
heart can understand heart.
To know that candles are expensive is of no
value to the blind man.
To know the disease is half the cure.
To know the law and do the right are two
things.
To know the path ahead, ask those
returning.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming
back.
To lather an ass's head is only wasting soap.