Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
War gives no opportunity for repeating a
mistake.
War has no eyes.
War is a bad chisel with which to curve out
tomorrow.
War is a disaster for winner and loser alike.
War is death's feast.
War is good for business.
War is much too serious a matter to be
entrusted to the military.
War is not porridge.
War is spontaneous. (problems often
happen unexpectedly)
War is sweet to him who does not go to it.
War is to a man what bed is to a woman.
War is to men, childbirth is to women.
War makes robbers, and peace hangs them.
War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.
War with all the world, and peace with
England.
War; friends and relatives. (Those who are
closest to you are able to cause you pain.)
Wark bears witnesse who weil does.
Warm a frozen snake and it will be the first
to bite you.
Warm bed, cold food.
Warm food, warm friendships.
Warm water never forgets that it was once
cold.
Warm weather in June sets the corn in tune.
Warmer than burning charcoal.
Wars are caused by women and priests.
Wars are created by old people’s fight, for
those young to die.
Was, flax, and tin; much in and little in.
Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains
a dog.
Wash your dirty linen at home.
Wash your hands in the flowing Ganges.
Wash your hands often, your feet seldom,
and your head never.
Waste makes want.
Waste not, want not.
Wasting is a bad habit, saving is a sure
income.
Wasting time is stealing from oneself.
Watch out for a bad woman and never trust
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a good one.
Watch out for the dog that doesn't bark and
the man who says nothing.
Watch out for the unexpected mushroom.
Watch out for wooden nickels.
Watch out lest the canoe land on a rocky
reef.
Watch the faces of those who bow low.
Watch the fire burn on the other side of the
river.
Watch your character; it becomes your
destiny.
Watch your step when you walk: you may
find nothing but you will not stumble.
Watching is a part of good play.
Watching what you say is your best friend.
Water afar off quenches not fire.
Water after does not quench a fire at hand.
Water always finds a way out.
Water and milk do not mix.
Water and sun make work, water and wind
make grain.
Water and words are easy to pour but
impossible to recover.
Water by Saint John's takes oil and doesn't
give bread.
Water can do without fishes, fishes cannot
do without water.
Water can float a boat or sink it.
Water can wear away even the hardest rock.
Water does harm but wine comforts.
Water does harm but wine makes you sing.
Water does not forget the riverbed. (The
great things that happened long ago are
unforgettable.)
Water does not run under a lying stone.
Water does not stick to the mountain, and
vengeance does not stick to a big heart.
Water does not trickle out of his hand.
Water does run, but blood does clod.
Water ends up at the sea.
Water erodes slopes.
Water flows down the valley does not climb
the hill.