Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A wife is frightened of her first husband
and a husband is frightened of his
second wife.
A wife is like clothes and banana plant
needs weeding.
A wife is not a pot, she will not break so
easily.
A wife should be as humble as a lamb, busy
as a bee, as beautiful as a bird of
paradise and faithful as a turtle dove.
A wife who cannot cook puts the blame on
the pots.
A wife who farts during the supper hour
foretells a thunderstorm.
A wife’s advice is not worth much, but woe
to the husband who refuses to take it.
A wife's advice is not worth much, but woe
to the husband who refuses to take it.
A wight man never wanted a weapon.
A wild dog is best eaten when clubbed to
death.
A wild goose may be worth a hundred
pieces of gold, but you first have to
spend three pieces of gold to buy an
arrow.
A wild goose never laid a tame egg.
A wild goose never reared a tame gosling.
A wild pig grunted when the snare was
about to get cut.
A wilfu’ man should be unco wise.
A willful fault has no excuse, and deserves
no pardon.
A willful man must have his way.
A willing helper comes without asking.
A willing helper does not wait until he is
asked.
A willow before the wind.
A wily person does not walk on dry leaves.
A wind can move the branches of trees but
it will never move the head of a man.
A windy day is not the day for thatching.
A windy day is the wrong one for
thatching.
A wise companion is half the journey.
A wise duck takes care of its bill.
A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.
A wise falcon hides his talons.
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A wise fox will never rob his neighbours
hen roost.
A wise head has a close mouth to it.
A wise head keeps a shut mouth.
A wise head makes a close mouth.
A wise husband and a patient wife equal a
peaceful home and a happy life.
A wise lawyer never goes to law himself.
A wise man adapts himself to
circumstances, as water shapes itself to
the vessel that contains it.
A wise man and a fool together, know more
than a wise man alone.
A wise man associating with the vicious
becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with
good men becomes a rational being.
A wise man can hear profit in the wind.
A wise man cares not for that which he
cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot
have.
A wise man carries his cloak in fair
weather, and a fool wants his in rain.
A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a
fool never.
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never
will.
A wise man does at first what a fool must
do at last.
A wise man does his own work.
A wise man does not lose his way, a brave
man does not fear.
A wise man hears one word and
understands two.
A wise man is a great wonder.
A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises
of life as water to the decanter it is
poured in.
A wise man is an experienced fool.
A wise man knows what he says, a fool
says what he knows.
A wise man learns at the fool’s expense.