Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
As you brew, so you shall bake.
As you bring up a child, so he will be.
As you cooked the porridge, so must you
eat it.
As you do for your ancestors, your children
will do for you.
As you do, so will be done to you.
As you go the way of life you will see a
great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as
you think.
As you have arranged the thread so must
you weave it.
As you live yourself, you judge your
neighbor.
As you make your bed so you must lie on
it.
As you make your bed, so you must lie
upon it
As you make your bed, so you will sleep.
As you pay the price with the fertilizer, the
hoe and pruning determines the harvest
of the olives.
As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as
you see me now, you will be seen.
As you slide down the banister of life, may
the splinters never point the wrong way.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
As you sow, so you reap.
As you tapped it you will drink.
As you teach, you learn.
As you treat me, so I'll treat you.
As you would have a daughter so choose a
wife.
Ashamed of what she sees in the daytime
the sun sets with a blush.
Ashes fly back into the face of him who
throws them.
Ashes to ashes dust to dust
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if the Lord
doesn’t get you, the devil must.
Ashes will always blow back into the face
of the thrower.
Ask a lot, but take what is offered.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly
answer
Ask about your neighbors, and then buy
the house.
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Ask advice from everyone, but act with
your own mind.
Ask advice of an ignorant man and he will
think you are his enemy.
Ask advice of your equals, help of your
superiors.
Ask advice only of your equals.
Ask and you shall receive.
Ask and you won’t get lost.
Ask for a science that would be useful to
you, would keep you from harm and
shame, then elevate you.
Ask for advice but do what you think is
best.
Ask for advice, and then use your brain.
Ask for advice, then use your head.
Ask for support if you wish to remain
strong.
Ask for too much in order to get enough.
Ask for too much so that you can get
enough.
Ask for your wife’s advice and then do the
opposite.
Ask God for what man can give, and you
may get it.
Ask help from the spirits after having used
all your strength.
Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.
Ask me what are my virtues, not about the
color of my skin.
Ask me what is the greatest thing in the
world, I will reply: It is people, it is peo-
ple, it is people.
Ask much to get little.
Ask much to have a little.
Ask my chum if I am a thief.
Ask my companion if I be a thief.
Ask my comrade, who is as great a liar as
myself.
Ask no favors and people everywhere are
affable; if you don’t drink, it doesn’t
matter what price wine is.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Ask not after a good man’s pedigree.