Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A person of high principles is one who can
watch an entire chess game without
making a comment.
A person on whose head lice are being
removed, must be grateful.
A person once wud, or deranged, is always
suspected of being so, in the event of
anything strange taking place.
A person peeing right against a wall most
certainly has an Adam’s apple.
A person scratches himself where his hand
can reach.
A person should live if only for curiosity’s
sake.
A person should stay alive, if only out of
curiosity.
A person should want to live, if only out of
curiosity.
A person slow to anger has great
understanding; one with a quick temper
exalts foolishness.
A person stands next to a shade not next to
words.
A person who arrives at a feast when the
cooked meat is being pulled out of the
pot does not know what was endured
by others to catch and cook it.
A person who chases a chicken is due a fall.
The chicken is a master of the dodged
escaped.
A person who delays ends up crawling. (a
remedy taken in good time serves one
form a lot of trouble later on)
A person who didn’t walk bore a child
which walked. (a person’s lack of co-
operation with others can have its
consequences on his child or relative.)
A person who does not bathe, must know it
of himself that he is dirty.
A person who does not speak out against
the wrong is a mute devil.
A person who doesn’t know but knows that
he doesn’t know is a student; teach him.
A person who knows but who doesn’t
know what he knows is asleep; awaken
him. But a person who knows and
knows that he knows is wise; follow
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him.
A person who happens by a neighbor’s
house at dinner time, and is invited to
join the meal, does not swallow such
large morsels as to break the string of
pearls around his neck.
A person who has children does not die.
A person who has not secured a place on
the floor should not begin to look for a
mat.
A person who is always looking at the sky
will never discover anything on the
ground.
A person who is always nice is not always
nice.
A person who is angry is like a volcano, run
away from him.
A person who is being carried to the market
does not realize that the way is long.
A person who is carrying an elephant on
his head should not use his feet to tap
snails on the ground.
A person who is extremely cautious in
doing something.
A person who is in too much of a hurry
stubs his toe.
A person who is not disciplined cannot be
cautioned.
A person who is outwardly calm has anger
raging inside.
A person who is sent time and again is the
one who eats. (a person who usually
does what he is asked to, usually
benefits)
A person who is stung by a bee fears a big
housefly.
A person who loves about their mother is
doing the best deed.
A person who misses a chance and the
monkey who misses its branch – both
cannot be saved.
A person who misses a chance and the
monkey who misses its branch can’t be
saved.