Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A stone under water will never know when
it is raining.
A stone will remain forever while water
passes.
A store-house of evil is a woman if she is
depraved.
A storm in a glass of water.
A story is only half told if there is only one
side presented.
A story without an author is not worth
listening to.
A stout bearded woman always bears
something malicious.
A stout bearded woman always bears
something malicious.
A stout heart breaks ill fortune.
A stout heart crushes some ill luck.
A stout heart overcomes ill fortune.
A stout heart tempers adversity.
A straight stick looks crooked in the water.
A strange glass is emptied in one draught;
your own glass not even in ten.
A stranger comes with a small sharp knife.
(Sometimes visitors can be of help.)
A stranger dances - he does not sing.
A stranger does not share the monkey.
A stranger has big eyes but sees nothing.
A stranger is like a white fowl.
A stranger nearby is better than a far-away
relative.
A stranger’s soul is like a dark forest.
A strawberry blossom will not moisten dry
bread.
A stream cannot rise about its source.
A strong attack is half the battle won.
A strong bull is seen by it’s scars.
A strong fire is easily put out.
A strong man is remembered on the day of
the fight, and a gluttony on the day
pounded yam is surplus.
A strong man never stays long in the
ground.
A strong person doesn’t rush to wake up
early morning.
A strong remedy for evils is ignorance of
them.
A strong tree shall always grow from the
roots and not the seeds.
A stumble is not a fall.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
A stupid act entails doing the work twice
over.
A stupid act entails doing the work twice
over.
A stupid friend is a greater plague than a
wise enemy.
A stupid turtle-dove is sometimes surprised
by night for wanting one more grain of
castor-oil plant.
A stupidly devout man, the slyly evil, and
the sanctimonious woman - these will
destroy the world.
A sturdy beggar should hae a stout nae-
sayer.
A successful writer has a good memory and
hopes that others do not have it.
A summer’s sun is worth the having.
A Sunday well-spent brings a week of
content.
A Sunday’s child never dies of the plague.
A sure sign of age is loneliness.
A surgeon experiments on the heads of
orphans.
A surgeon should be young, a physician
old.
A surgeon tries his experiments on the
heads of orphans.
A suspicious mind sees everything on the
dark side.
A sutra in a horse’s ear.
A swan would die with pride only for its
black feet.
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a
swarm in June is worth a silver spoon;
but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
A sweaty foot seldom comes alone.
A sweet lovely voice cannot make a dumb
person talk.
A swift eater, a swift worker.
A sword anointed with honey.
A sword in the hands of a drunken slave is
less dangerous than science in the hands
of the unscrupulous.
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