Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with
extra fodder during the night; a man
cannot become wealthy without
earnings apart from his regular salaries.
A horse deprived of his food won’t work.
A horse falls though he has four legs.
A horse grown fat kicks.
A horse has four legs, but still stumbles.
A horse has four legs, yet it often falls.
A horse knows his rider by his spurs.
A horse may stumble that has four legs.
A horse may stumble, though he has four
feet.
A horse may take the warrior to the
battlefield but can never fight.
A horse of good breed is not dishonored by
his saddle.
A horse that will not carry a saddle must
have no oats.
A horse which is tamed at forty is only
good for resurrection day.
A horse with two masters is always skinny;
the ship with two captains sinks.
A horse without spurs is like a ship without
a rudder.
A horse, a wife, and a sword may be
shewed, but not lent.
A horseshoe that clatters wants a nail.
A hot sun with a lot of wind, I go home and
I am happy.
A hound’s food is in its legs.
A house built by the wayside is either too
high or too low.
A house divided against itself cannot stand
A house divided cannot stand.
A house divided will soon fall.
A house filled with guests is eaten up and
ill spoken of.
A house full of daughters is a cellar full of
sour beer.
A house full of people is a house full of
different points of view.
A house is a fine house when good folks
are within.
A house is for a voyage but a tomb is for
eternity.
A house is not a home
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A house ready built and a vineyard ready
planted.
A house ready made and a wife to make.
A house that is not seen by the sun, is
visited often by the doctor.
A house well-furnished makes a woman
wise.
A house with two keys is worth nothing.
A house without a child is like a tomb.
A house without a dog or a cat is the house
of a scoundrel.
A house without a dog, a cat, or a little
child is a house without joy or laughter.
A house without a woman impoverishes.
A house without a woman is like a fire
without a bucket.
A house without a woman is the devil’s
own lodging.
A house without books is like a room
without windows.
A house without children is a graveyard.
A house without either a cat or a dog is the
house of a scoundrel.
A house: you can know who built it, but
not who is enjoying it.
A housewife who complains that there is
not enough food stuff in the market
should remember that if her husband
adds to what is already available; there
would be more for everyone.
A huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd
for pepper, has not learned his trade.
A hug a day keeps the demons at bay.
A human being is quite impatient.
A human learns how to talk early, but how
to keep silent late.
A hundred “no’s” are less painful than one
insincere “yes.”
A hundred aunts is not the same as one
mother.
A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a
hundred tailors are three hundred
thieves.