Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He would skin a flint.
He would slaughter a bug to drink its blood.
He would spend even the treasures of
Darius.
He wrapped up a snake in the leaves to hurt
me.
He wriggles like an ell.
He writes with an iron pen.
He, who asks questions, cannot avoid the
answers.
He, who buys what he does not need, sells
what he needs.
He, who denies his faults, makes no
atonement for them.
He, who does not cultivate his field, will die
of hunger.
He, who does not seize opportunity today,
will be unable to seize tomorrow's
opportunity.
He, who gets angry, grows old fast.
He, who gives much, will soon start
begging.
He, who is free of faults, will never die.
He, who kennels with wolves, must howl.
He, who laughs last, laughs longest.
He, who more than he is worth doth spend,
E'en makes a rope, his life to end.
He, who neglects the little, loses the greater.
He, who shareth honey with the bear, hath
the least part of it.
He. He. He. You begin with the meal before
the water is boiling.
He/She is gaping like a calf at the painted
gate.
He’s no man who cannot say “No”.
Hea, will gar a deaf man hear.
Headaches need soup.
Headman Simon drives the horse.
Heal yourself first before you heal others.
Health and cheerfulness make beauty; finery
and cosmetics cost money and lie.
Health and gaiety foster beauty.
Health comes before making a livelihood.
Health flows from the happiness of the
heart.
Health is better than wealth.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
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Health without money is a half-malady.
Health? Very nice! But where will we get
potatoes?
Heaps of good cotton stocks get chopped up
from association with the weeds.
Hear about others, but make it cosy for
yourselves.
Hear all parties.
Hear all, believe nothing.
Hear all, say nothing.
Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak' all, keep all,
gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for
nowt do it for thysen.
Hear all, see all, say nowt.
Hear and see and say nothing.
Hear and see much, say little.
Hear both sides of a question.
Hear first, and speak afterwards.
Hear much, speak little.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.
Hear one man before you answer; hear
several before you decide.
Hear the evidence before you pass sentence.
Hear the other side, and believe little.
Hear the warrior cry out.
Hear twice before you speak once.
Hear, see, and be silent.
Hear, see, and say nothing if you would live
in peace.
Heard the question wrong, answered
wrong.
Hearing he hears not. He is deaf to entreaty.
Hearing is never as good as seeing.
Hearing is not seeing.
Hearsay is half lies.
Heart rather than appearance.
Heart with pepper, soul with garlic.
Hearts do not meet one another like roads.
Heaven and earth shall never meet.
Heaven and hell can both be found on earth.
Heaven dries what it has made wet.
Heaven has a road, but no one travels it;
Hell has no gate but men will dig to get
there.