Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The wolf does that in the course of the week
which hinders him from going to mass
on Sunday.
The wolf eats of what is counted.
The wolf has a thick neck, because he does
his job on his own.
The wolf is always left out of the reckoning.
The wolf is always said to be more terrible
than he is.
The wolf is not afraid of the dog, but he
doesn't like the sound of his barking.
The wolf is not afraid of the sheepdog, but
he is of his chain.
The wolf is not always a wolf.
The wolf is not as big as people make him.
The wolf is upset about what he left behind,
and the shepherd is upset about what he
took away.
The wolf is well pleased with the kick of a
sheep.
The wolf knows what the ill beats thinks.
The wolf loses his teeth, but not his
inclinations.
The wolf loves the fog.
The wolf makes a terrible shepherd.
The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his
nature.
The wolf never wants a pretext against the
lamb.
The wolf picks up the ass's fleas by
moonlight.
The wolf preys farthest from his home.
The wolf preys not in his own field.
The wolf repents only in death.
The wolf told the dog: It does not matter
that I run and you follow me, what
matters is that when I turn around you
will be next to me.
The wolf will die in his skin.
The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply
as a shepherd.
The wolf, dog does not eat the winter.
The woman cries before the wedding and
the man after.
The woman had no problems so she bought
some pigs.
The woman in finery, the house in filth, but
610
the doorway swept.
The woman is cold water that kills you;
deep water that you drown in.
The woman like the hen, gets lost if she
walks too far.
The woman makes the man.
The woman of a man without sorrows is
almost a widow.
The woman should let the man lead the
dance.
The woman who always complains and is
never satisfied with anything is like an
annoying flea on the foot.
The woman who deceives her husband
makes her lover swear never to be
unfaithful to her.
The woman who does not covet the
possessions of her husband is in love
with another man.
The woman who dresses well attracts the
husband from another woman's door.
The woman who gives birth to a child is like
the banana tree that breaks under the
weight of its fruit.
The woman who gives is seldom good; the
woman who accepts is in the power of
the giver.
The woman who loves her husband corrects
his faults; the man that loves his wife
exaggerates them.
The woman who takes a wolf for a husband
is always looking into the wood.
The woman who tells her age is either too
young to have anything to lose or too old
to have anything to gain.
The woman whose sons have died is richer
than a barren woman.
The woman without a husband doesn't have
a friend.
The womb is not a boat, it cannot carry as
much as a boat.
The womb where you came from always has
a hard nut. (in every family there is a bad
person)