Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The wallet of the timid man neither
increases nor decreases.
The walls have come into collision.
The walls have mice, the mice have ears.
The war horses are born on the frontiers.
The war is lost for too much advice.
The war of the eyes never comes to an end.
The war that has no unity will make no
prey.
The warld is bound to nae man.
The warnings of age are the weapons of
youth.
The washer conceals the corpse.
The washer of corpses does no harm to the
dead.
The washerman never tears his father's
clothes.
The watch-dog does not get sweet milk
unless there be drowned mice in it.
The watched chicken never lays.
The water breaks out where it is not
expected.
The water can only flow thanks to the well.
The water doesn't move.
The water from the river becomes salty
when it reaches the ocean.
The water has passed his head.
The water in which one drowns is always an
ocean.
The water in your well can be very hot, but
it will never cook your rice.
The water is the same on both sides of the
boat.
The water runs while the miller sleeps.
The water that a ship sails on is the same
water that swallows it up.
The water that bears the ship is the same
that engulfs it.
The way a cat walks is not the way it catches
a rat.
The way a house is decorated will tell much
about its owner. Don't just take love --
experience it.
The way of a liar is short.
The way of a slothful man is as a hedge of
thorns.
The way of the troublemaker is thorny.
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The way of this world is to praise dead
saints and persecute living ones.
The way one eats is the way one works.
The way to a man's heart is through his
stomach.
The way to avoid great faults is to b aware
of little ones.
The way to be safe is never to feel secure.
The way to overcome the angry man is with
gentleness, the evil man with goodness,
the miser with generosity and the liar
with truth.
The way to the beloved isn’t thorny.
The way you got married is not the way
you'll get divorced.
The way you greet someone determines
how he will welcome you.
The way you make your bed, that's how
you'll lie down.
The way you prepare the bed, so shall you
sleep.
The ways of the immoral are always predict-
able.
The weak warrior wearing sandals over-
comes the brave with a thorn in his foot.
The weak who opposes the strong, is like
the jug that collides with the wall.
The weaker the argument, the stronger the
words.
The weaker the patient is, the sooner the
sickness will end.
The weakest go to the wall.
The weakest goes to the walls.
The weakest must hold the candle.
The weakness of an enemy forms part of our
own strength.
The weakness of the enemy makes our
strength.
The weaknesses of old age are no fit cause
for laughter, since they must be our own
portion at the end.
The wealth of the greedy ultimately goes to
the community.
The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t
wealth.