Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
Reckon up your winning at your bed-stock.
Recognize gladly great exploits, but wait a
while first.
Reconciled friendship is a wound ill salved.
Reconciled friendship is like a badly healed
wound.
Red hair; devil's hair.
Red sea: good morning weather. Red
mountains: water and wind.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky
in the morning, shepherd's warning
Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at
morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky
in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Refers to people who are late in doing
things.
Reflect on beforehand.
Reform a gambler . . . cure leprosy.
Refuse a wife with one fault, and take one
with two.
Refusing and wanting at the same time.
Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your
Mother and all things as your Brothers
and Sisters.
Regrets always come later.
Regrets are like a child, They come some
considerable time after event.
Regrets are much like grandchildren; they
come much later.
Regretting the past is like chasing after the
wind.
Regular feet can't be affected by irregular
shoes.
Regularity is the best medicine.
Rein in the horse at the edge of the cliff.
Reins and a whip make a good horse.
Rejoice in little, shun what is extreme; the
ship rides safest in a little stream.
Rejoice not at your enemy's fall, but don't
pick him up, either.
Rejoice not ever at tidings of ill, but glad let
thy soul be in good.
Rejoice with those that do rejoice.
Rejoiced in youth, repented in age.
Relations last longer when the family is in
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distress.
Relationship produces envy.
Relatives are not pleased
Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox
as the dogs took after him.
Religion is the best armor in the world, but
the worst cloak.
Religion must be taught, not forced.
Religion will perish because of excessive
comforts.
Religion, credit, and the eye are not to be
touched.
Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
Remain continuously in the vegetable and
flower garden.
Remain honorable and don't worry if you're
poor.
Remember even if you loose all, keep your
good name for if you loose that you are
worthless.
Remember that everyone you ever meet is
sure to fear something, to love
something, and to have lost something.
Remember that your children are not your
own, but are lent to you by the creator.
Remember the scent.
Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in
order to become wise.
Remember thou art but a man.
Remember to dig the well long before you
get thirsty.
Remember your ancestors because you're
not better than them.
Remember, after the storm there will be a
rainbow.
Remember, even monkeys fall out of trees.
Remember, we were made to forget inorder
to remember.
Remind the youngster of his next life.
Remorse is lust's dessert.
Remorse is worse than a beating.
Remove firewood from under a pot.
Remove the stone and you won't stumble.
Removing a peace of yam from the pot of
yam doesn't stop the rest from cooking.