Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A tottering man must lean upon a staff.
A town takes your money though your
pockets be empty.
A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
A trapped cat becomes a lion.
A tratler is worse then a thief.
A traveler may lie with authority.
A traveler to distant places should make no
enemies.
A traveler who asks questions doesn’t miss
his way.
A travelled child knows better than the old
man who sits at home.
A travelled man hath leave to lye.
A traveller does not make a mess where he
had made a camp as he might one day
come back.
A traveller is poor, even though he being a
ruler.
A traveller may lie with authority.
A treacherous person is a relative of a
witch.
A tree cannot stand on the ground without
its roots.
A tree climber begins from the bottom not
the top.
A tree does not grow from the sky.
A tree does not move unless there is wind.
A tree doesn’t move unless there is wind.
A tree falls the way it leans.
A tree is best measured when it’s down.
A tree is known by its fruit.
A tree is not felled at one stroke.
A tree near the road is easily cut down.
A tree never hits an automobile except in
self defense.
A tree of your height cannot shade you.
A tree often transplanted does not thrive.
A tree often transplanted is never loaded
with fruit.
A tree often transplanted neither grows nor
thrives.
A tree starts with a seed.
A tree that doesn’t flower in April, won’t
flower at all.
A tree that grows in the shade of another
one will die small.
A tree that has grown bent for thirty years
cannot be straightened in one year.
A tree that refuses to dance will be made to
do so by the wind.
A trial between brothers has no winners or
losers.
A tribulation is better than a hundred
warnings.
A trick is not an arrow.
A trifling pledge of no small friendship.
A triple rope is not easily broken.
A trodden path bears no grass.
A trouble shared is a trouble halved
A troubled heart is a worm to the bones.
A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in
the sea.
A true friend is a special gift.
A true friend is the one who reaches for
your hand and touches your heart.
A true friend laughs at your stories even
when they’re not so good, and
sympathizes with your troubles even
when they’re not so bad.
A true friend, is one that will take a bullet
for you in the war.
A true gentleman would rather have his
clothes torn than mended.
A true wife is her husband’s flower of
beauty.
A true word needs no oath.
A truly educated person is a gem.
A truly great man never puts away the
simplicity of a child.
A trusted friend is a priceless treasure.
A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.
A truth that comes too early or too late is
just like a lie.
A truth-teller finds the doors closed against
him.
A truth-telling woman has few friends.
A turkey never voted for an early
Christmas.
A turn of the key is better than the
conscience of a friar.
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