Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The higher you climb, the harder you may
fall.
The higher you climb, the heavier you fall.
The highest art is the art of living an
ordinary life in an extraordinary manner.
The highest branch is not the safest roost.
The highest seat will not hold more than
one.
The highest spoke in fortune's wheel may
soon turn lowest.
The highest tree hath the greatest fall.
The highway is always shorter than the
unknown side roads.
The highway is never about.
The hindmost dog may catch the hare.
The hoar-frost is still to come for the dog.
The hoer hoes in his own vineyard.
The hole invites the thief.
The hole is more honorable than the patch.
The hole the crab digs takes on the shape of
its shell.
The hollow of the ear is never full.
The homeowner doesn't eat a little.
The honest man enjoys the theft.
The honorable man lives in difficulty.
The horizon will not disappear as you run
towards it.
The horn that came out last will pass the ear
that came out first.
The horns are dry but they keep the house
in plenty.
The horns cannot be too heavy for the cow
that bears them.
The horns cannot be too heavy for the head
of the cow that must bear them.
The horns of the sister are horns of gold; the
horns of the wife are true horns.
The horse can die from too much barley.
The horse chained to the feeding trough and
the mare in the thicket.
The horse has four legs, still the stumbles.
The horse has to pull as the horse is also
pulled.
The horse is not judged of by the saddle.
The horse is Turkmen, it eats from both the
nose-bag and the manger.
The horse knows its knight the best.
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The horse loves oats; the earth, manure; and
the governor, tribute.
The horse may run quickly, but it can't
escape its own tail.
The horse may wish to do one thing, but he
who saddles him another.
The horse must go to the manger, and not
the manger to the horse.
The horse must graze where it is tethered.
The horse never refuses a homeward gallop.
The horse should worry, he has a big head.
The horse that arrives early gets good
drinking water.
The horse that draws best is the most
whipped.
The horse that draws better is beaten.
The horse that draws most is most whipped.
The horse that you love draws more than
four oxen.
The horse thinks one thing and he that rides
him another.
The horse thinks one thing, and his rider
another.
The horse went into the river.
The horse with the most scars is the one that
highest kicks his rear.
The horse's best allowance is his master's
eye.
The horse's leg protrudes.
The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of
experience go slowly.
The horseshoe that clatters wants a nail.
The hot sun melts away the snow; when
anger comes, does wisdom go.
The hottest music and dance always comes
from home.
The hour is passing.
The house completed, possession defeated.
The house does not rest upon the ground,
but upon a woman.
The house is burning and Grandma is
combing her hair.
The house is our father's and the strangers
came to kick us out.