Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
O! Count the waves of the sea Goha. Goha
said the comings are more than what
passed.
O! Count thy sheep Goha. Goha said one is
asleep and the other is awake.
O! mother, the moon is at the door.
O! my brother Flip the pot on its mouth, the
daughters turn into their mums.
O! my sister close thy door, and enough
what happened to you.
O! my sister that depend on men; you are
believing in water in a sieve.
O! my sister Your son is like how you raised
him. And your husband is like how you
trained him.
O! You sitting, may God protect you from
the evils of the comers.
Oaks fall when reeds stand.
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
Obedience is much more seen in little things
than in great.
Obedience is the mother of happiness.
Obedience to a woman leads to hell.
Obey orders, if you break owners.
Obey the customs of the village you enter.
Observe decorum even in your sport.
Observe your enemies, for they first find
your faults.
Obstinacy is the first diversion of Huahine.
Obstinately to justify a fault is a second
fault.
Occasionally a man with a right smart
education can't find his knife when it
gets in the wrong pocket.
Occupy the higher ground to exercise
control.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of
harm's way.
O'er mickle of a thing is good for naething.
O'er sicker o'er loose.
Of a compliment only a third is meant.
Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man
his reputation.
Of a given horse, one shouldn't check the
teeth.
Of a good beginning cometh a good end.
Of a small spark, a great fire.
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Of a' sorrow a fou sorrow's best.
Of a thorn springs not a fig.
Of all meat in the world drink goes down
the best.
Of all pains, the greatest pain, is to love, but
love in vain.
Of all the female qualities a warm heart is
the most valuable.
Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit
is the best.
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running
away is the best.
Of all War, Peace is the final end.
Of all weights, old age is the heaviest.
Of ane ill comes many.
Of bad debtors you make take spoilt
herrings.
Of big words and feathers may go to the
pound.
Of brothers-in-law and red dogs few are
good.
Of doctor and crazy, we all have a little.
Of doctor and poet, musician and madman,
we each have a trace.
Of enough, men leave.
Of everything else the newest; of friends, the
oldest.
Of evil grain no good seed can come.
Of evils, choose the least.
Of evils, the least.
Of hasty counsel take good heed, for haste is
very rarely speed.
Of ill Debtois men takes Oattes.
Of ill debtors men take oats.
Of judgment every one has a stock on hand
for sale.
Of listening children have your fears, for
little pitchers have great ears.
Of little cloth but a short cloak.
Of need make Virtue.
Of no sort of good to himself, or to anybody
else.
Of no worldly good can the joy be perfect,
unless it is shared by a friend.