Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The used plough shines, standing water
stinks.
The value of anything is determined by the
agreement of only two people.
The value of peace is never known until the
peace is disturbed.
The value of youth will be known in old
age.
The venemous snake cannot be seen in the
Savannah.
The venom is in the tail.
The very fact that we are looking for
something usually stands in the way of
our finding it.
The very thing one likes, one does well.
The very thing you do not want, that is what
pleases god.
The very time I thought I was lost, my
dungeon shook and my chains fell off.
The victor is always right.
The village cock does not crow in town.
The village feeds the town.
The village one can see requires no guide.
The village slattern wench has the form of a
dove, the heart of a fox, and the mind of
a toad.
The village which is not discussed is not
built.
The village, which has got a whetstone, does
not blunt the knife.
The villager who always complains and is
never satisfied with anything is like an
annoying flea on the foot.
The village's piper does not exhilarate.
The villages rejoices at the rich mans woe.
The villain that becomes rich knows neither
friends nor family.
The vine always says to his uncle Frank:
Make me poor and I'll make you rich.
The vine brings forth three grapes: the first
of pleasure, the second of drunkenness,
the third of sorrow.
The vine says to the vintager: "Make me
poor, and I will make you rich."
The vineyard along the coast costs dearly.
The viper assumes the colors of his
surroundings.
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The virtue of a woman does not go deep but
her passion knows no limit.
The virtue of parents is in itself a great
legacy.
The virtue of silence is a great piece of
knowledge.
The virtuous will be praised but not envied.
The visitor who goes away without eating
never comes back.
The voice of a poor man does not carry very
far.
The voice of the people is like the voice of
the almighty.
The voice of the people is louder than the
boom of a canon.
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
The voice of the poor has no echo.
The voice that comes to borrow is more
humble than the voice that comes to sake
payment.
The voices of the ancestors are the voices of
the gods.
The voluntary obedience of people depends
on who is commanding them.
The voyager's path is marked by the stars
and not the sand dunes.
The vulture embraced the chicken until its
last breath.
The vulture perches on the trees because it
does not feel sure on the groung.
The vulture perches on the trees because it
does not feel sure on the groung.
The wages of sin is death
The wages of sin is death.
The waggon must go whither the horses
draw it.
The wagtail hops and flaps its wings, but
the male dove feeds and coos.
The wails of heirs are halfway laughter.
The waiting man gets the wind behind him.
The waiting man thinks the time long.
The walking-stick reaches many lands, the
word many more.