Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He who covers up his mistakes intends to
make some more.
He who covers you discovers you.
He who cried for his home was drowned
He who cries today that he has no bread will
cry again tomorrow because he isn't
hungry.
He who crosses a bridge to paradise and
blows it after him is going to hell.
He who curbs his desires will always be rich
enough.
He who dances at home will be rewarded.
He who dances well goes from wedding to
wedding.
He who deals with a blockhead will need a
lot of brains.
He who deceives, shall be deceived.
He who decries, wants to buy.
He who defects on the way finds flies on his
way back.
He who delays, gathers.
He who deliberates fully before taking a
step will spend his entire life on one leg.
He who delights in the knife will die by the
knife.
He who demands does not command.
He who denies all confesses all.
He who denies everything confesses
everything.
He who desires all, misses all.
He who desires fame, let him die.
He who desires to make something does not
announce his intentions, just turns them
into actions.
He who despises small things seldom grows
rich.
He who devours his neighbour's fowl, its
foot prints will give him away.
He who dictates separates himself from
others.
He who did not help building the minaret,
thinks that it just grew out from the
ground.
He who dies for the truth finds holy ground
everywhere for his grave.
He who dies not in his twenty-third year,
drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is
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not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of
good days.
He who dies of over eating doesn't wither.
He who digs a pit for another falls into it
himself.
He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
He who digs a pit for others falls into it
himself.
He who digs a pit for others must invariably
fall into it.
He who digs a pit for others, falls into it
himself.
He who digs a pit for someone else, often
falls into it himself.
He who digs a pit for the horse of another
man, will find his own horse's neck
broken there.
He who digs a pit will fall into it himself.
He who digs someone else's grave shall fall
in it himself.
He who digs too deep for a fish, may come
out with a snake.
He who dips his finger into honey does not
dip it once.
He who dispraises a thing, wants to buy it.
He who divides and shares is left with the
best share.
He who divides and shares, always takes
the best part.
He who divides gets the worst share.
He who does as he likes has no headache.
He who does evil to another, has done it to
himself.
He who does good to you either dies or goes
away.
He who does is work properly has been well
advised.
He who does kind deeds becomes rich.
He who does look before him, must take
misfortune for his earnings.
He who does many bad deeds can expect a
big one in return.
He who does no evil does a lot of good.
He who does no more than another is no
better than another.