Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He who peeps at the neighbor's window
may chance to lose his eyes.
He who peeps through a hole, may see what
will vex him.
He who pelts another with paddles asks for
stones in return.
He who perseveres wins at last.
He who pitches too high won't get through
his song.
He who plants a garden plants happiness.
He who plants fruit-trees, must not count
upon the fruit.
He who plants the lettuce doesn't always eat
the salad.
He who plants thorns must never expect to
gather roses.
He who plants winds harvests storms.
He who plays with a sword plays with the
devil.
He who plays with fire may become its
victim.
He who plays with mud will get splashed.
He who pledges or promises runs in debt.
He who ploughs with young oxen, makes
crooked furrows.
He who plunders with a little boat is a
pirate; he who plunders with a fleet is a
conqueror.
He who pours water hastily into a bottle
spills more than goes in.
He who praises himself befouls himself.
He who praises himself must have bad
neighbours.
He who praises in praesentia, and abuses in
absentia, have with him pestilentia.
He who praises rain has been rained on.
He who praises the past blames the present.
He who prates much, lies much.
He who prays a lot is afraid of something.
He who prays for his neighbors will be
heard for himself.
He who predicts or prophesise isn't the one
who causes his predictions to take shape.
He who predicts the future lies, even if he
tells the truth.
He who prizes little things, is worthy of
great ones.
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He who promises incurs a debt.
He who promises much, gives little.
He who protects himself from cold also
wards off heat.
He who provokes a war must be sure that
he knows how to fight.
He who punishes one chastises a hundred.
He who pursues a hatched bird teaches it
how to fly.
He who pursues an innocent chicken always
stumbles.
He who puts by for the night, puts by for
the cat.
He who puts giants to flight rapidly
advances.
He who puts his nose in a turd does not
know what he is smelling.
He who puts off something will lose it.
He who puts up with insult invites injury.
He who quits does not win, he who wins
does not quit.
He who quits his place loses it.
He who readily believes, will be readily
disappointed.
He who really wants to die will not
complain if he is buried standing up.
He who receives a gift does not measure.
He who receives the offerings let him ring
the bells.
He who recovers but the tail of his cow does
not lose all.
He who reforms, God assists.
He who refuses a gift will not fill his barn.
He who refuses to obey cannot command.
He who remains in the mill grinds, not he
who goes to and fro.
He who reminds you or corrects you is
better than he who slanders you.
He who renounces his ancestrey is like a
slave.
He who requires what is under the bed must
bend for it.
He who respects his parents never dies.
He who restrains his anger overcomes his
greatest enemy.