Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Where all limp, everybody thinks he walks
straight.
Where ambition begins happiness ends.
Where are breads in the desert?
Where art is displayed truth does not
appear.
Where bees are, there is honey.
Where blood has been shed the tree of
forgiveness cannot grow.
Where coin is not common, provisions can
be scant.
Where comes a cow the wiseman lay down,
there follows a woman, and where
comes a woman follows trouble.
Where comes a great man he doesn't come
alone.
Where conceit and ignorance sit, grass will
not grow again.
Where curiosity is not the purveyor,
detraction will soon be starved.
Where devil cannot go, he will send a
woman.
Where distrust enters, love is no more than a
boy.
Where drums beat, laws are dumb.
Where ever you go, come back to your
home.
Where every hand fleeceth, the sheep goes
naked.
Where every man is master the world goes
to wreck.
Where every one goes, the grass never
grows.
Where flies are eaten, eat them.
Where force prevails, right perishes.
Where force rules, justice does not exist.
Where freedom is, there shall my country
be.
Where friars abound keep your eyes open.
Where friends, there riches.
Where ghosts walk, there is loving or
thieving.
Where God bestows an office, he provides
brains to fill it.
Where God boils his yam that is exactly
where the devil roasts his fish.
Where God builds a church, the devil builds
714
a chapel.
Where God cooks, there is no smoke.
Where God gives hard bread He also gives
sharp teeth.
Where God has his church the Devil will
have his chapel.
Where God has sown it shall flourish.
Where God sends babbies he sends penny
loaves.
Where gold avails, argument fails.
Where gold chinks, arguments are of no
avail.
Where gold speaks every tongue is silent.
Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge
decreaseth.
Where honour grows a span, folly grows an
ell.
Where I make my living, there is my home.
Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise.
Where is by now the snow of last year.
Where is there a tree not shaken by the
wind?
Where is well with me, there is my country.
Where it is customary the cow is brought to
bed.
Where it slopes down is where it slopes up.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Where law lacks, honour should eke it out
Where life is exhausted, death comes.
Where love is there the eye is.
Where love sets the table food tastes at its
best.
Where luck is wanting, diligence is useless.
Where MacGregor sits at the head of the
table.
Where malice has taken root, friendship can
never be formed.
Where man is not, nature is barren.
Where many are gathered, there is much to
be said.
Where many people urinate, it becomes wet.
(when many people discuss the problem,
the solution is found)
Where many roosters are crowing, it's not
because it's daylight.
Where might is right, right is not might.