Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The son does not cut his finger in cutting
meat for his father.
The son has a penchant for taking after his
father.
The son of a duck is a floater.
The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can
first hold a blade.
The son of a son is dear, the son of a
daughter a stranger.
The son of a zebra also has stripes.
The son of an ass brays twice a day.
The son of an old man is an orphan, and his
wife is a widow.
The son of the god of thunder does not die
of lightning.
The son of the leopard scratches like its
mother.
The son of the swan is a good swimmer.
The son shoots a leopard; the father is
proud.
The song of a stranger-woman is answered
after she has gone.
The song sang by men when going to hunt
is not the same song they sing when they
come back.
The song that has no leader, goes wrong.
The son-in-law's sack is never full.
The sooner begun, the sooner done.
The sooner you get in, the sooner you get
out.
The sooty oven mocks the black chimney.
The sore is cured but the scar remains.
The sorghum cane follows the same
direction
The soul belongs to God, and possessions to
their owners.
The soul goes to God, the body to the earth,
and belongings to those to whom they
should go.
The soul is not where it lives, but where it
loves.
The soul is retained in it only by the prayer.
The soul of a fool is always dancing on the
tip of his tongue.
The soul of a rich man has no taboos.
The soul of a three year old until a hundred.
The soul of an idiot is always dancing on the
597
end of his tongue.
The soul to God, and the body to the Earth.
The soul will only be at rest when it stops
hoping.
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes
didn't have tears.
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes
had no tears.
The sound of a church bell at times has more
effect than a sermon.
The sound of the bell does not drive away
rooks.
The soup makes the soldier.
The soup would be none the worse for more
meat.
The sow has been greeted with music.
The sow prefers the mire.
The Sowter's wife is worst shod.
The space under the bed is like a mat.
The Spaniard is a bad servant but a worse
master.
The sparrow feels comfortable on the thorn
bush.
The sparrow flying behind the hawk thinks
the hawk is fleeing.
The sparrow says: "I have not eaten... so the
parrot will not eat either."
The Sparrows quarrel over somebody else's
millet.
The speaker may well be a fool but the
listener is wise.
The speech of a maiden should no man trust
nor the words which a woman says; for
their hearts were shaped on a whirling
wheel and falsehood fixed in their
breasts.
The spendthrift beats his money as if it were
a carpet.
The spider and the fly can't make a deal.
The spider that knows what it will gain sits
waiting patiently in its web. The praying
mantis is never tired waiting all day.
The spider's web lets the rat escape and
catches the fly.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.