Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He who has a straight body is not worried
about his crooked shadow.
He who has a straw tail is always in fear of
its catching fire.
He who has a tongue goes to Rome.
He who has a tongue, may go to Rome.
He who has a toothache, should keep his
tongue on it.
He who has a trade may travel through the
world.
He who has a true friend, has no need of a
mirror.
He who has a white horse and a fair wife is
seldom without trouble.
He who has an art has everywhere a part.
He who has an ass, farts.
He who has an axe does not lack firewood.
He who has approved of wrongdoing is as
guilty as he who has committed it.
He who has bad breath cannot smell it.
He who has bad neighbours is fain to praise
himself.
He who has been angry becomes cool again.
He who has been at the mill has flour on his
hat.
He who has been bitten by a snake fears a
piece of string.
He who has been bitten by a snake is afraid
of an eel.
He who has been bitten by a snake is scared
of a rope on the ground.
He who has been bitten by a snake is scared
of a rope on the ground
He who has been first a novice and then an
abbot, knows what the boys do behind
the altar.
He who has been stung by a serpent is
afraid of a lizard.
He who has been stung by the scorpion is
frightened at its shadow.
He who has both money and bread, may
choose with whom his daughter to wed.
He who has bread and something to dip it in
has the whole of happiness.
He who has brothers has more than riches
can buy.
He who has burned his mouth blows his
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He who has but one coat cannot lend it.
He who has butter on his head, should not
go to the sun.
He who has carried the calf will be able by
and by to carry the ox.
He who has cattle on the hill will not sleep
easy.
He who has children will never die of
starvation.
He who has come through the fire will fade
in the sun.
He who has come to the mill first does not
grind last.
He who has crossed the flood knows how
deep it is.
He who has daughters is always a shepherd.
He who has daughters to marry, let him
give them silk to spin.
He who has diarrhea knows the direction of
the door without being told.
He who has done evil, expects evil.
He who has drunk will drink.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
He who has enemies, let him not sleep.
He who has everything is content with
nothing.
He who has four and spends five, has no
need of a purse.
He who has given up doesn't blame the one
moving on.
He who has gold is served by the devil.
He who has good neighbours, gets a good
morning.
He who has got experience can milk a
running cow.
He who has got four and spends five, has no
occasion for a purse.
He who has great strength should use it
lightly.
He who has had enough to eat thinks of
serving God; the hungry think of
stealing.
He who has had no experience of evil
cannot know the worth of what is good.