Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
To the world wisdom is folly; to the wise the
world is foolish.
To think that larks will fall into one's mouth
ready roasted.
To threaten the brave with death is like
promising water to a duck.
To throw away like a stick.
To throw away the grass that is already cut.
(Throwing away the good fortune that
you already possess.)
To touch a person in the eye.
To touch the earth is to have harmony with
nature.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to
arrive
To travel is to see, to return is to talk.
To travel is to see.
To trouble me is better than to forget me.
To truly love your wife, leave her alone eve-
ry once in a while.
To trust is good; not to trust is better.
To try and fail is not laziness.
To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a
great step towards victory.
To understand a stammerer, you ought to
stammer yourself.
To understand life, endure pain.
To understand your parents' love you must
raise children yourself.
To us - in the tanks, going back - on the
sleds.
To violate the law is the same crime in the
emperor as in the subject.
To visit a sick person is to be feeding form
his home.
To wait and be patient soothes many a pang.
To wait for darkness because of your
indirect way of speaking
To wait for luck is the same as waiting for
death.
To wait for the lilolo (a kind of fruit) to ripen
while the tail rots. (waiting for some-
thing that can’t happen while suffering)
To wait is not to tremble.
To walk is to dance. (Don’t be rude to
people that you don’t know, because
when you meet them again you will be
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ashamed.)
To want the last from the pot.
To want to forget something is to remember
it.
To ward off the boredom of life, eat snails in
May and fish in August.
To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and
soap.
To watch us dance is to hear our hearts
speak.
To wear two pairs of straw sandals at once.
To weep on the smoke side
To welcome you! Don’t refuse. (It is not
good to refuse a gift.)
To whiten ivory with dye is to spoil nature
by art.
To whom do you offer your shells for sale?
To people who come from Saint Michel.
To whom God gives an office, adds also
senses to it.
To whom is he any good, if he is no good to
himself?
To whom to much is given we require too
much from him.
To whom you tell your secret you surrender
your freedom.
To whom you tell your secrets, to him you
resign your liberty.
To win a dispute is to gain a chicken and
lose a cow.
To win a war quickly takes long
preparation.
To withhold truth is to bury gold.
To work is to pray.
To you your religion and to me my religion.
To you your religion and to me my religion.
To your son give a good name and a trade.
Tobacco stick, will make a man well if he be
sick.
Today a man, tomorrow none.
Today butterflies, tomorrow wasps.
Today can't catch tomorrow.
To-day for money, to-morrow for nothing.
To-day I am a warrior.
To-day in finery, to-morrow in filth.