Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it
cannot break.
A Fanti man builds his mansion in his
stomach.
A farmer does not boast that he has had a
good harvest until his stock of yams
lasts till the following harvest season.
A farmer does not conclude by the mere
look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it
open for examination.
A farmer does not conclude by the mere
look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it
open for examination.
A farmer on his knees is higher than a
gentleman on his legs.
A farmer should not ride the king’s horse.
A farmer who would not work inside the
rain and would not work under the sun,
would have nothing to harvest at the
end of the farming year.
A farthing saved is twice earned.
A fast day is the eve of a feast day.
A fast horse does not want the spur.
A fast is better than a bad meal.
A fat belly did not invent gun powder.
A fat cow makes a thin calf.
A fat dog does not whine for bones.
A fat kitchen is near to poverty.
A fat kitchen is next door to poverty.
A fat kitchen makes a lean will.
A fat kitchen, a lean testament.
A fat man is a lazy man.
A fat man is worthless in the fields.
A fat man survives famine when his neigh-
bor has plump children.
A fat woman is a blanket for the winter.
A fat woman warms even the coldest night.
A fat woman warms the night better than a
strong fire.
A fat woman warms the night.
A father and mother can raise ten children.
But ten children aren’t enough to keep a
father and a mother.
A father deserted by a wise son is like
being caught in a shower without a felt.
A father deserted by a wise son is like
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being caught in a shower without a felt.
A father is a banker provided by nature.
A father maintains ten children better than
ten children one father.
A father never resembles his son, it’s the
son that resembles the father.
A father voodoos with his son and a
mother voodoos with her daughter.
A father without sons is like a bow without
arrows.
A father’s love, for all other is air.
A fatherless boy is no better than unburied
seed.
A fault confessed is half forgiven.
A fault confessed is half redressed.
A fault denied is twice committed.
A fault once denied, is twice committed.
A fault that is denied once is committed
twice.
A faultless person has seven faults, a faulty
person forty-eight faults.
A favor given to man is appreciated by
none.
A favor to come is better than a hundred
received.
A favour ill placed is great waste.
A favour often costs more than what’s hard
-bought.
A fearful person even fears the hare.
A feather is just a delicate thing when
removed from a bird because it carries
the bird everywhere in the world.
A feet can be shorter while an inch can be
longer.
A fellow can do anything if he lists.
A female tongue gets things more easily
than a strong man.
A fence between makes love more keen.
A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three
fences, a horse three dogs, and a man
three horses.
A fence makes love more keen.
A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at
all.
A fever in autumn is either long lasting or
mortal.