Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He who restrains his appetite avoids debt.
He who revealeth his secret maketh himself
a slave.
He who rides a camel should not be afraid
of dogs.
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
He who rides behind another does not
saddle when he will.
He who rides on a tiger can never get off.
He who rides on the giant's shoulders sees
further than he who carries him.
He who rides the horse is his master.
He who rides the mule shoes her.
He who rides the tiger can never dismount.
He who rides upon an ass cannot help but
smell its gas.
He who ridicules the good will be overtaken
by evil.
He who riducules a deformed person
becomes deformed himself.
He who rises early will gather wisdom.
He who risks nothing can gain nothing.
He who rows goes far.
He who runs after a libanda (a kind of bird)
does not blink until he has caught it.
(don’t allow anything to distract you
from accomplishing your goal)
He who runs after good fortune runs away
from peace.
He who runs alone celebrates.
He who runs away from the fire, falls in the
water.
He who runs from the white ant may
stumble upon the stinging ant.
He who runs in his youth, trots in his old
age.
He who sacks his wife because she eats a lot
will end up marrying a cannibal.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition
burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition
burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
He who saves in little things, can be liberal
in great ones.
He who saves shall have as much as three.
He who saves, finds.
He who says nothing never lies.
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He who says we shall hear what happened
never responds to any alarm of agency.
He who says what he likes will hear what he
does not like.
He who says what he likes, hears what he
does not like.
He who says what will I do will never lack
what to do.
He who scrubs the head of an ass wastes his
soap.
He who searches for pearls should not sleep.
He who seeks advice seldom errs.
He who seeks equality should go to the
graveyard.
He who seeks his goat with the man who ate
it, is certain not to find it.
He who seeks revenge should remember to
dig two graves.
He who seeks shall find.
He who seeks, finds.
He who seems to be for you may be
working against you.
He who sees face doesn't see heart.
He who sees heaven in the water sees the
fishes in the trees.
He who sees leather cut asks for a thong.
He who sees the calamity of other people
finds his own calamity light.
He who selects coconut with great care ends
up getting a bad coconut.
He who serves is not free.
He who serves many masters must neglect
some of them.
He who serves small masters, is himself one
of them.
He who serves the people has a bad master.
He who serves the public has a sorry master.
He who serves the Tsar cannot serve his
people.
He who serves two masters has to lie to one.
He who serves two masters must lie to one
of them.
He who sets mouse traps in burnt grass
should not expect to walk away with a
clean bottom.