Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The growing millet does not fear the sun.
The grown-up pays attention to what you
are doing; the child sees beyond that.
The growth of love is the essence within the
soul.
The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that
she once was a bride.
The grunts of pigs never make it to heaven.
The guard's sleep is the lamplight of the
thief.
The guest is always the prisoner of the host.
The guest who outstays his fellow guests
loses his overcoat.
The guest who seeks special attention
muddies the host's tea.
The guests will go away, and we will eat the
pasty.
The guilty person runs away when no-one is
chasing him.
The guinea fowl never abandons its feath-
ers.
The guinea fowls planned before dawn. (It is
good to make a plan about doing
something before it is too late.)
The gun catridge-belt of Akowua has never
been known to lack bullets.
The gutter by dropping wears the stone.
The gypsy church was made of pork and the
dogs ate it.
The gypsy is not accustomed to ploughing.
The habit does not make the monk.
The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining
strength.
The habits of our youth accompany us in
our old age.
the haircut does not fit you, though the head
is your own
The half is better than the whole.
The halfwit spoke, and the brainless
believed.
The hammer shatters glass but hardens
steel.
The hand assists the foot, but the foot cannot
do the same.
The hand goes only where the leg goes.
The hand of each saint inclines towards
himself.
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The hand of God is with the group.
The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf,
nor the hand of the adult get through the
neck of the gourd.
The hand of the stranger is heavy.
The hand often travels to the part where the
pain is.
The hand suffers at work, but the mouth still
must eat.
The hand that gives gathers.
The hand that gives is also the one that
receives.
The hand that is hacked off no longer robs.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the
nation and its destiny.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world
The hand that tied the lion knows best how
to untie it.
The hand you cannot bite, kiss.
The hands of a lawyer are always in
someone's pocket.
The handsomest snuffs the candle.
The handsomest woman can only give what
she has.
The hanging fruit is never too heavy for the
creeper to bear.
The hangman is being hanged.
The happier the time, the more quickly it
passes.
The happiest life ends before death.
The happiest place in the world to live is
within one's income.
The happiness in your pocket, don't spend it
all.
The happy man canna be berried.
The happy man rises with the sun.
The hard road turns the traveller into the
same dust that he has to swallow.
The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.
The hardest person to wake up is the person
who is already awake.
The hardest step is over the threshold.
The hardest step is that over the threshold.
The hardest work of all is to do nothing.
The hare always returns to her form.