Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
To neglect one's ancestors would bring ill-
fortune and failure in life.
To nourish a snake in one's bosom.
To obtain that which is just we must ask that
which is unjust.
To offer friendship to one who is looking for
love, is like giving bread to someone
dying of thirst.
To one who does not know, a small garden
is a forest.
To one who does not wander there is not
enlightenment.
To one who has a pie in the oven you may
give a bit of your cake.
To one who understands, a mosquito is a
lute, to one who does not understand, a
drum and zurna are little.
To one who understands, few words are
needed.
To open a book brings profit.
To open a business is very easy; to keep it
open is very difficult.
To open a shop is easy -- the hard part is
keeping it open.
To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an
art.
To own is to fear.
To pass judgment after the manner of the
Libonda people. (give unfair judgment)
To persecute the unfortunate is like
throwing stones on one fallen into a well.
To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to
steal in a skillful way is to pick up.
To place yourself under an obligation is to
sell your liberty.
To plough a straight furrow, never look
back.
To pound water with a mortar is futile.
To praise is to assess.
To preserve friendship, one must build
walls.
To pretend to satisfy one's desires with
worldly goods is like using straw to put
out a fire.
To promise and give nothing is comfort to a
fool.
To promise is easy, to keep is troublesome.
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To promise much means giving little.
To protest and knock one's head against the
wall is what everybody can do.
To pull somebody by a wire.
To punish a student, use a shoe lace.
To put all on one card.
To put off repentance is dangerous.
To put taghi's hat on naghi's head.
To put the cart before the horse.
To put the horse behind the cart.
To quarrel with a man of good speech is
better than to converse with a man who
does not speak well.
To question a wise man is the beginning of
wisdom.
To quote lies is also lying.
To really succeed, you must enjoy eating
poison.
To rebel in season is not to rebel.
To receive a favor is to sell one's liberty.
To recognize a real friend, you have to
together have eaten three bushels of salt.
To refuse to wash an old man’s clothes is to
soak them.
To relax the mind is to lose it.
To remain young while growing old is the
highest blessing.
To remove a fly from a friend's forehead
never use a hatchet.
To remove the hairs from a horse's tail, one
by one must be plucked out.
To resist with hand and tooth.
To return a hand.
To rise at five, dine at nine, sup at five, go to
bed at nine, makes a man live to ninety-
nine.
To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed
at ten, makes a man live years ten times
ten.
To rob a robber is not robbing.
To rob Peter to pay Paul.
To rude words deaf ears.
To rule the mountains is to rule the river.
To run away is not glorious, but very
healthy.