Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
One should choose the lesser of two evils.
One should do more by wisdom than by
force.
One should do nothing with a false heart.
One should do the blacksmithing while the
iron is hot.
One should eat sand rather than fall to
villainy.
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
One should go invited to a friend in good
fortune, and uninvited in misfortune.
One should go out of the way for little
children and drunks.
One should learn to sail in all winds.
One should never rub bottoms with a
porcupine.
One should not beg with a basket.
One should not send a cat to deliver cream.
One should not stir the shit as it will be even
more stinking.
One should not think about it too much
when marrying or taking pills.
One should punish a child the first time he
comes home with a stolen egg.
Otherwise, the day he returns home with
a stolen ox, it will be too late.
One should rise to a person who sees you
sitting.
One should set sails with the tide.
One should speak a little with others and a
lot with oneself.
One should strive to maintain one's honour.
One should try to get enormously benefited
by a small effort.
One should watch out for a very trifling or
lame reason given for something that has
been done.
One shower doesn't make a flood.
One simple maxim is often worth more than
two good friends.
One sin is too much, a hundred prayers are
not enough.
One sings, all follow.
One sins and is enthroned, another sins and
is crucified.
One sip of wine is an antidote against death,
cupfuls poison life.
465
One sleeps like one makes his bed.
One son is no son, two sons is no son, but
three sons is a son.
One sows and another reaps.
One spark is enough to burn a hundred
worlds.
One speaks badly of the absent but fears the
present.
One spoon of soup in need has more value
than a pot of soup when we have an
abundance of food.
One spot stains the whole dress.
One sprinkles the most sugar where the tart
is burnt.
One starts the game and another bags it.
One starts the hare, another catches it.
One step at a time is good walking.
One step at a time.
One step in the wrong direction will cause
you a thousand years of regret.
One string is good enough to a good
musician.
One stroke on the nail and a hundred on the
horseshoe.
One strong man does not catch another
strong man.
One stupid person asks more than ten wise
ones can spare time answering.
One stupid woman recognizes another one
from a distance.
One sturdy house is worth a hundred in
ruins.
One swallow does not make a spring.
One swallow does not make a summer.
One swallow doesn't make a spring.
One sword keep another in the sheath.
One sword keeps another in its scabbard.
One takes care of one's own: when a
bachelor roasts yam, he share's it with
his sheep.
One takes care of the horse, another rides it.
One take-this, is better than two thou-shalt-
haves.
One tale is good till another is told.