Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Anger is the thorn in the heart.
Anger of the mind is poison to the soul.
Anger punishes itself.
Anger without power is folly.
Anger, no matter how hot it is, can never
cook yam.
Anger’s short-lived in a gude man.
Angry cats get scratched skin.
Anguish is our worst advisor.
Annoy your doctor and sickness comes in
laughing.
Anoint a villain and he will prick you, prick
a villain and he will anoint you.
Another day, another dollar
Another man’s bread will not fill your belly.
Another man’s burden is always light.
Another man’s horse and your own spurs
outrun the wind.
Another man’s horse and your own whip
can do a great deal.
Another man’s poison is not necessarily
yours.
Another man’s trade costs money.
Another year will bring another Christmas.
Another’s bread costs dear.
Another’s care hangs by a hair.
Another’s damage is soon forgotten.
Another’s misfortune does not cure my
pain.
Another’s misfortune is only a dream.
Another’s mouth cannot take the oath for
you.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he
be wise in his own conceit.
Answer a fool according to his folly.
Antagonism is not good for fowls, and it is
not good for goats; worse still, it is not
good for human beings.
Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy
it.
Antiquity is entitled to respect.
Ants can attack with a grain of rice.
Ants die in sugar.
Anxiety breaks a man’s backbone.
Anxiety will not let you die of hunger.
Anxious about the shoe, but disregarding
the foot.
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Any book you open will benefit your mind.
Any dead fish can flow down the river but
it takes a live one to swim back up
stream.
Any excuse is good if it hold good.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Any fish is good if it is on the hook.
Any fool can say "Ah" -- you need
intelligence to say "Yes."
Any fool carries an umbrella on a wet day,
but the wise man carries it every day.
Any ground is good enough to be buried in.
Any landing you can walk away from is a
good one.
Any man can be a father, but it takes a
special person to be a dad.
Any man can lose his hat in a fairy wind.
Any man can steer in a calm.
Any man who owns a cow can always find
a woman to milk her.
Any man with two wives becomes a porter.
Any mind.
Any new saint-to-be has his miracles to
make.
Any plan is bad that cannot be changed.
Any port in a storm
Any port in a storm is shaken a little.
Any publicity is good publicity.
Any sandpiper is great in his own swamp.
Any stick will serve to beat a dog
Any thing for a quiet life.
Any visitor to the country who drinks from
the River Bengo will never want to
leave.
Any water in the desert will do.
Any water puts out fire.
Any water will put out fire.
Any wealth that takes only a market week
to acquire is sure to contain in it things
for which the gods will surely come to
make claims.
Any weapon is dangerous even to a person
handling it.
Anyone can be polite to a king, but it takes
a gentleman to be polite to a beggar.