Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Where might is the master, justice is the
servant.
Where misfortune befals, injuries follow.
Where money and counsel are wanting, it is
best not to make war.
Where money is lacking, God provides.
Where money is lacking, none enters.
Where money, there friends.
Where Nature stops folly begins.
Where necessity speaks, it demands.
Where need is great, help is nearby.
Where nothing is, the king must lose his
right.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no
good.
Where one door closes, another one opens.
Where one is wise two are happy.
Where one trusts, there he gets fat.
Where passion is high, reason is low.
Where people are promising much to you,
bring a small bag.
Where philosophy ends, medicine begins.
Where pig is proffered, go round with a
sack.
Where poverty comes in at the door, loves
flies out at the window.
Where poverty comes in, love goes out.
Where power reigns there is no room for
reason.
Where profit is, loss is hiding nearby.
Where rain has ever been trapped before
when it rains again it will get trapped
once again.
Where remedies are needed, sighing avails
not.
Where right has no power -- there power
likes to be.
Where rosemary grows the wife wears the
trousers.
Where shall a man have a worse friend than
he brings from home.
Where shall the ox go and not plough?
Where shall the ox go but he must labour,
since he knows how?
Where shall the ox go, and not have to
plough?
Where shepherds are lots, sheep are lost.
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Where six cooks are, there is nothing to eat.
Where smoke is coming from, there is fire.
Where something is thin, that's where it
tears.
Where the army goes there is no grass.
Where the bee sucks honey the spider sucks
poison.
Where the best wine grows, the worst is
drunk.
Where the bird was hatched it haunts.
Where the body wants to rest, there the legs
must carry it.
Where the camel is sold for a cent, the ass is
worthless.
Where the carcase is, there will the vultures
be.
Where the carcass is, there shall the eagles
be gathered together.
Where the carcass is, there the ravens will
collect together.
Where the carrion is, there the eagles gather.
Where the cattle are, there the wolf shall die.
Where the cattle stand together, the lion lies
down hungry.
Where the cock is the hen does not crow.
Where the dam leaps over, the kid follows.
Where the devil cannot put his head he puts
his tail.
Where the devil can't go himself, he sends
an old woman.
Where the dike is lowest the water first runs
over.
Where the girls are there are no spider's
webs.
Where the goat is tied she must browse.
Where the goat leaps, leaps that which sucks
her.
Where the gold jingles more, I run more
quickly.
Where the hands move, there let the eyes
follow.
Where the heart is past hope, the face is past
shame.