Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He who goes to the quarterdeck and
forecastle will return to the hold
eventualy.
He who goes with wolves learns to howl.
He who gossips and he who listens to it
deserve to be thrown to the dogs.
He who gossips to you will gossip about
you.
He who got out of his home lessened his
value.
He who governs by his moral excellence
may be compared to the Pole star which
abides in its place while all other stars
bow towards it.
He who grabs much grasps little.
He who grasps all loses all.
He who grasps at all, holds nothing fast.
He who grasps at much holds fast little.
He who grasps at too much loses
everything.
He who grasps much, retains but little.
He who grasps too much holds not firmly.
He who grasps too much holds nothing fast.
He who grasps too much lets much fall.
He who greases his cart-wheels helps his
oxen.
He who greases his wheels, helps his oxen.
He who greets with a stick, will be
answered with a club.
He who guards his lips, guards his life.
He who guards the well does not die of
thirsty. (If a person has responsibility for
something they will not suffer because
they will be able to benefit from it.)
He who guesses well prophesies well.
He who handles pitch, besmears himself.
He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his
wine.
He who has a back is not beaten on the
belly.
He who has a bad name is half hanged.
He who has a bad tongue should have good
loins.
He who has a bad wife can expect no
happiness that can be so called.
He who has a boss is not the master of his
burden.
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He who has a choice has trouble.
He who has a clean account, what fear of
calculation does he have?
He who has a companion has a master.
He who has a defect cannot put it aside.
He who has a dog need not bark himself.
He who has a fever is not shown to the fire.
He who has a glass roof must not throw
stones at his neighbour's.
He who has a glass roof must not throw
stones at others.
He who has a glass roof on his own house,
must not throw stones at others.
He who has a glass roof should not throw
stones at his neighbour's.
He who has a good horse in his stable may
go on foot.
He who has a good looking wife, a castle on
the river, or a vineyard on the roadside is
never without war.
He who has a good neighbor has a good
friend.
He who has a good neighbour has a good
morning.
He who has a good next, finds good friends.
He who has a good wife can bear any evil.
He who has a handsome wife, a castle on
the frontier, or a vineyard on the
roadside, is never without war.
He who has a head of wax must not go near
the fire.
He who has a head won't want for a hat.
He who has a hundred and one pesos, and
owes a hundred and two, let him
commend himself to god.
He who has a lot of money and no children
is not rich; he who has many children
and no money is not a pauper.
He who has a mate has a master.
He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily
find a stick.
He who has a son grown up should not call
another a thief.
He who has a stepmother has the devil at
his hearth.