Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Where you have an enemy, you will also
surely arid a friend.
Where you killed from is not where you eat
from.
Where you lose nothing, you always win
something.
Where you lost your cloak, seek it.
Where you saw wood, there the sawdust
will fall.
Where you see the tail, there is the mouse.
Where you smart there I will hit you.
Where you tell your secret you surrender
your freedom.
Where you think there is bacon, there are
not even hooks for it.
Where you were a page, be not an esquire.
Where you were born is less important than
how you live.
Where you will sit when you are old shows
where you stood in youth.
Where you won't feast from, you sense it
sooner than later.
Where your mother is born, you can't call
anyone a child.
Where your treasure is, there will your heart
be also.
Where your will is ready, your feet are light.
Where you're not known, you're judged by
your appearance.
Where you've ever left without a quarrel is
where you're about to return.
Whereas a liar takes one thousand years to
go on a journey, the one who speaks the
truth follows and overtakes the liar in a
day.
Where'er an ass is crown'd to fame, both
town and country bear the shame.
Wherein have I erred? What have I done?
Where's no top dogs, underdogs will be
seen as one.
Where's there's muck, there's money.
Wherever a man dwells, he shall be sure to
have a thorn-bush near his door.
Wherever man goes to dwell his character
goes with him.
Wherever something stands, another thing
stands beside it.
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Wherever the head goes, the tail will follow.
Wherever the ram goes the sheep will
follow.
Wherever there are bones, there are dogs.
Wherever there are women there's talking,
and wherever there's geese there's
cackling.
Wherever there is a pretty spot, the devil
plants a monastery or a lord.
Wherever there is mischief, there is sure to
be a priest and a woman in it.
Wherever we live, we must observe the local
custom.
Wherever you are, do as you see done.
Wherever you find sugar, you'll find ants.
Wherever you go, an okka is four hundred
dirhem.
Wherever you go, habit follows.
Wherever you go, the sky is the same color.
Wherever you go, you can't get rid of your-
self.
Wherever you may be, do as you see done.
Wherewith you coincide, such you yourself
will become.
Wherries must not put out to sea.
Whether an owl with a stump, or a stump
with an owl.
Whether bad or good, Christ doesn't say
why it happens.
Whether he will or no.
Whether it be so or not, husband, put on
your hood.
Whether it rains or stops raining, the lentils
have two eyes.
Whether it was the tenant who seduced the
landlord's wife, or the landlord who
seduced the tenant's wife, it is the tenant
who would leave the house.
Whether May is warm or not, don't take off
your coat.