Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
How good at combing is the bald priest.
How good to be forward, but how bad to be
too forward.
How great man would be were he not so
arrogant.
How great the grandfathers are, but how
regretful what they left behind.
How great the sufferings we endure.
How is prompted, it will bounce back.
How long was Adam in Paradise?
How lovely is the sun after rain, and how
lovely is laughter after sorrow.
How many accidents keep human life a
rolling.
How many daily read the Bible, and yet
pursue their course of evil.
How many daily read the Word, and yet
from vice are not deterred.
How many will listen to the truth when you
tell them?
How much do we resemble that filthy brute
the ape.
How much is prestige worth, not as much as
Palermo, if you take away the saints.
How near to guilt without actual guilt.
How quickly with all is a kindness
forgotten.
How shall the enemy of the bride speak well
of the wedding?
How tight can life be without the space of
hope.
How to dress? When the money is going
from you wear anything you like. When
the money is coming to you, dress your
best.
How to live happily, not luxuriously, is the
question.
How we apples swim! said the horse-turd.
How you come by it no one asks; but wealth
you must have.
How you make your bed, thus will you rest.
How you run your life, that's how your
clock will run.
Howdy an 'tenk yu, noh brok noh square.
However big the whale may be, the tiny
harpoon can rob him of life.
However black a cow is, the milk is always
291
white.
However bright the sun may shine, leave
not your cloak at home.
However early you get up you cannot
hasten the dawn.
However extravagant men's desires, they
hope to see them gratified.
However far a man goes, he must start from
his own door.
However far the stream flows, it never
forgets its source.
However foul it be, never say, Of this water
I will not drink.
However full the house, the hen finds a
corner to lay in.
However hard a thing is thrown into the air,
it always falls to the ground.
However high a bird may soar, it seeks its
food on earth.
However high you lift the kid goat, you
place it gently on the ground.
However hot the sun, it will never dry the
sea.
However little food we have, we’ll share it
even if it’s only one locust.
However little you think of the elephant,
you can't say it won't fill a pot.
However long the dry season takes a
seasonal river will never forget where it
used to pass.
However long the moon disappears,
someday it must shine again.
However long the night, the dawn will
break.
However long the sun shines upon a thistle,
it will never become a rose.
However loud an ant shouts from the
ground, no one will hear it.
However much the buttocks are in a hurry,
they will always remain at the back.
However much the world degenerates, man
shall never find worms in salt.
However much you steal from your state, all
the same you won't get your own back.
However much,good you feed the wolf, he
still looks at the wood.