Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The house of a person we love is never far.
The house of danger is built upon the
borders of safety.
The house of envy lies in the lowest hollows,
golden, sunless, breathed upon by no
wind, grim and filled full of inert chill,
and lacking warmth, is always roiled in
fog.
The house of the heart is never full.
The house of the loud talker leaks.
The house rat who goes swimming with his
friend the lizard will die from cold.
The house roof fights the rain, but he who is
sheltered ignores it.
The house roof fights the rain, but the
person who is sheltered ignores it.
The house sweeper's buttock is never at one
direction.
The house that receives no guests, never
receives angels.
The house with an old grandparent harbors
a jewel.
The household with its own elder has
indeed its own adornment.
The human heart is difficult to gauge.
The human heart is neither of stone nor
wood.
The human heart is never satisfied, just like
the snake that wants to swallow an
elephant.
The human tongue is more poisonous than a
bee's sting.
The humble pay for the mistakes of their
betters.
The Hump is straightened only by the
grave.
The hump of the ox that has grown old must
be eaten by women.
The hunchback does not see his own hump,
but he sees his brother's.
The hunchback does not see his own hump,
but sees his companion's.
The hunchback sees the hump of others --
never his own.
The Hungarian is far too lazy to be bored.
The Hungarian justice is three.
The hungry belly and the full belly do not
564
walk the same road.
The hungry fowl wakes early.
The hunt is like a dance for men, for the
women the dance is the hunt.
The hunt is like a dance for men, for women
the dance is the hunt.
The hunter does not lie down with the prey.
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and
lie by the fire to sleep.
The hunter in pursuit of an elephant does
not stop to throw stones at birds.
The hunter knows his prey.
The hunter that speaks too much, goes home
empty handed.
The hunter who always comes home with
meat is a thief.
The hunter who is tracking an elephant does
not stop to throw stones at birds.
The hunter's son knows how to hunt.
The hurrying fly falls into the milk.
The hurrying mouse falls into the milk.
The hurt man writes with steel on a marble
stone.
The husband eats turtle soup; the wife eats
spring roll.
The husband is always the last to know.
The husband is the head of the wife, but the
wife is a neck which can shake the head
the way it pleases.
The husband is the head of the wife.
The husband who lacks affection is like a
house that lacks a roof.
The husbands belong to the wives and
hookers are for the wild beast.
The husband's mother is the wife's devil.
The hyena calls another hyena worse than
itself.
The hyena chasing two antelopes at the
same time will go to bed hungry.
The hyena chasing two gazelles at the same
will go to bed hungry.
The hyena does not eat its baby, and you
know how insatiable it is.