Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Someone who is pointing his finger to
another person is not always aware that
the four remaining fingers are pointing
in his direction.
Someone who lies for you will also lie
against you.
Someone who speaks about "my inferiors"
doesn't have them.
Someone who treats others badly will
eventually turn on you.
Someone who wants everything looses
everything.
Someone who wish something impossible.
Someone will be remembered by his
accolades.
Someone with an unrelenting heart is his
own executioner.
Someone's end, someone's beginning.
Something done at the wrong time should
be regarded as not done.
Something for something.
Something has caused anger, despair but
one was compelled to stand idly by.
Something impossible, something it will
never happen.
Something is better than nothing.
Something new in Nyengo. (something
surprising and of recent occurrence)
Something spoken in a far off place cannot
fail to get people to transmit it. (don’t
speak ill to a person just because he is
away)
Something that doesn't talk how does it
refuse.
Something that looks good does not
necessarily taste good.
Something to every one is good division.
Something well cared for lasts two
centuries.
Something you don't want is dear at any
price.
Something you think that is nice when you
get into contact with it, it seizes to be
nice.
Sometimes a lie is kinder than a truth.
Sometimes an egg is given for an ox.
Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty
clemency.
Sometimes even the intestine and the
stomach disagree.
Sometimes it is better to give your apple
away, than to eat it yourself.
Sometimes it takes only an hour to get a
reputation that lasts for a thousand
years.
Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon
tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter
or sweat depends entirely on how each
man perceives them.
Sometimes one has to light a candle for the
devil too.
Sometimes people who live in glass houses
throw stones because their windows are
painted.
Sometimes silence is the proper answer.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Sometimes the body becomes healthy by
being very sick.
Sometimes the cry of the animal is worse
than the animal itself.
Sometimes the face can tell what the lips
can't say.
Sometimes the lees are better than the wine.
Sometimes the only thing more dangerous
than a question is an answer.
Sometimes the position does not make the
man, but the man makes the position.
Sometimes the rain might force a man more
than once to seek shelter under the same
tree.
Sometimes the remedy is worse than the
disease.
Sometimes the rope is too short, sometimes
the well is too deep.
Sometimes the spirits speaks for you and
sometimes the spirits makes you speak.
Sometimes the whole nation has to pay for
the foolish deed of one man.
Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes
the bear gets you.
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