Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Whatever is in the heart will come up to the
tongue.
Whatever is to be a hook, bends early.
Whatever is to be a nettle, burns early.
Whatever is written on the forehead is
always seen.
Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the
like shalt thou bear.
Whatever man has done, man may do.
Whatever measure you deal out to others
will be dealt back to you.
Whatever nature does least, man does most.
Whatever nourished the goat until it grew a
beard will continue to sustain him.
Whatever the thoughts of the dervish, so are
his formulas.
Whatever the tree, so is the fruit.
Whatever the type of firewood found in a
place, it is usually good enough for the
people of that place to cook with.
Whatever the wind brings he takes away
with him.
Whatever way you take there is a league of
bad road.
Whatever will be, will be.
Whatever will satisfy hunger is good food.
Whatever you are, be a man.
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
Whatever you do, think about it seven
times.
Whatever you eat will rot, whatever you
give will blossom into a rose.
Whatever you have to do, do it quickly.
Whatever you save is also earned.
Whatever you sow, you reap.
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is
quickly said the mind readily receives
and faithfully retains, while everything
superfluous runs over as from a full
container. Who knows much says least.
Whatever you undertake let it be
proportioned to your powers.
Whatever your uncle gives you, take.
Whatrax my Jo, I ken your coptan.
Whatrax of the seed, where the frendship
dow not.
What's a trumpeter's job? To blow.
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What's all the world to a man when his wife
is a widow.
What's bred in the bone will come out in the
flesh.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done can't be mended.
What's done in the corner will come to the
hearth.
What's done is done.
What's everybody's business is nobody's
business.
What's everybody's work is nobody's work.
What's gone, is gone.
What's good for the goose is good for the
gander.
What's good is often forgotten; what's bad is
often hidden.
What's got badly, goes badly.
What's in ye're wame is no in ye're
testament.
What's left over from the thief is spent on
the fortune-teller.
What's my case the day may be yours the
morn.
What's of no use is too dear at a gift.
What's one man's meat's another man's
poison.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander.
What's sport to you is death to us.
What's taken well is better than what's well
done.
What's the good of a fair apple if it has a
worm in its heart?
What's the good of a sun-dial in the shade?
What's the use of consulting a dead man's
horoscope?
What's the use of putting honey in an ass's
mouth.
What's too hard for a man must be worth
looking into.
What's waur than ill luck.
What's yours is mine, and what's mine is my
own.
Whatsoever a new bride touches is fragrant.