Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The person who has been a slave from birth
does not value rebellion.
The person who has burned their fingers
often asks for tongs.
The person who has many faults is usually
the first to criticize others. Put something
off for one day, and ten days will pass.
The person who has never been cheated
cannot be a good businessman.
The person who has no enemies also has no
friends.
The person who has no opinion will seldom
be wrong.
The person who has not traveled thinks his
or her mother is the best cook.
The person who has not traveled widely
thinks his or her mother is the best cook.
The person who is always criticizing others
is usually the one who deserves criticism
the most.
The person who is coming from the bowels
of the earth doesn't despise even the
smallest amount of sunshine.
The person who is cornered will fight.
The person who is his own master cannot
tolerate another boss.
The person who is not ashamed does
whatever he wants.
The person who is tired will find time to
sleep.
The person who is well prepared has
already won half of the battle.
The person who knew you when you were
young will seldom respect you as an
adult.
The person who knows himself and his
opponent will be invincible. Carve a peg
only after you have observed the hole.
The person who lives by hope will die by
despair.
The person who lives with cripples will
soon learn to limp.
The person who loves sorrow will always
find something to moan about.
The person who offends writes as if it was
written on sand, and the person who is
offended reads it as if it were written on
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marble.
The person who only accepts friends
without faults will never have any real
friends.
The person who plants the lettuce does not
always eat the salad.
The person who pours water to other is the
last one to drink.
The person who predicts the future is lying,
even when he is right.
The person who pursues revenge should dig
two graves.
The person who recognizes his major
mistakes is on the road to wisdom.
The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person doing it.
The person who thinks about his own grief
forgets about the grief of others.
The person who trusts is happy; the person
who doubts is wise.
The person with burned fingers asks for
tongs.
The person you know during daytime
should also be recognisable during night
time.
The person you put on your back is one who
bites you.
The persons we eat with are the ones to kills
us.
The physician prescribes the medicine, the
vulture waits for the body.
The piece of cloth that is in another's bag
does not patch your garmet.
The pig in the sty doesn’t know the pig
going along the road.
The pig prefers mud to clean water.
The pig says: give to me and I'll give to you,
don't tell me how long it's taking.
The pigeon brings the makings and the
chick makes the nest.
The piglet has the same type of snout as her
mother.
The pig's tail will never make a good arrow.
The pike grows big on small fry.