Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He who accepts favors, pawns his freedom.
He who accepts the gift loses his liberty.
He who admits to his ignorance shows it
once only; he who tries to hide it shows
it frequently.
He who adorns himself knows to what sort
of dance he is going.
He who all wants, all loses.
He who allows his day to pass by without
practicing generosity and enjoying life's
pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows:
he breathes but does not live.
He who always eats the roots of a plant is
capable of any thing.
He who always tells me a lie never cheats
me.
He who always thinks it is too soon, is sure
to come too late.
He who angers you controls you.
He who answers is inferior to the one who
asks the question.
He who arrives too late finds the plate
turned over.
He who asks a question does not err easily.
He who asks a question may be a fool for
five minutes; he who asks no questions
stays a fool forever.
He who asks cannot be killed by mushroom.
He who asks for alms blushes once; he who
refuses, twice.
He who asks for salt does so for his own
cooking pot.
He who asks for the meaning of a proverb
has called her/his mother's dowry a
waste.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but
he who does not ask remains a fool
forever.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but
he who does not ask remains a fool
forever.
He who asks more of a friend than he can
bestow deserves to be refused.
He who asks questions, cannot avoid the an-
swers
He who asks the fewest favors is the best
received.
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He who asks won't lose his way.
He who asks you to converse ends up telling
others that you're shouting.
He who assists everybody assists nobody.
He who associates with dogs learns to pant.
He who at thirty has no brains, will never
purchase an estate.
He who at twenty understands nothing, at
thirty knows nothing, and at forty has
nothing, will lead a wretched old age.
He who attempts too much seldom
succeeds.
He who avoids the temptations avoids the
sin.
He who banishes you is the one who shows
you the way.
He who beats his mother in law beats her
thoroughly.
He who becomes blind in his old age does
not lose his way.
He who begins a conversation, does not
foresee the end.
He who begins and does not finish loses his
labour.
He who begins and does not finish loves
their pains.
He who begins badly, ends badly.
He who begins ill finishes worse.
He who begins many things, finished but
few.
He who begins much, finishes little.
He who begins too much accomplishes little.
He who believes in dreams feeds on wind.
He who believes in hearsay does himself a
disservice.
He who bends over too far shows his rear
end.
He who bestirs himself sucks up, he who
lies still dries up.
He who betrays you is not one from far
away.
He who blackens others does not whiten
himself.
He who blows dust fills his eyes with it.
He who blows his nose too hard makes it
bleed.