Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Who is born stupid will die stupid.
Who is brave eats two.
Who is brave enough to tell the lion that his
breath smells?
Who is careless will be unhappy.
Who is chasing after another must himself
rest.
Who is curious gets old quickly.
Who is defeated by words is not always
convinced by the truth.
Who is doomed to death will not be cured
by medicines either.
Who is everywhere is nowhere.
Who is far from the eye will also be far from
the heart.
Who is forced to go to church will not pray.
Who is generous is lazy, who is angry is
diligent.
Who is good will be rewarded.
Who is great in faith won't be small in
failure.
Who is hurry, goes walking.
Who is in fear of every leaf must not go into
the wood.
Who is in front everywhere often gets a nose
-burn.
Who is in the right fears, who is in the
wrong hopes.
Who is inferior and is ashamed of it proves
that he really is inferior.
Who is insulted for a long time, finally loses
his patience.
Who is known as an early riser may sleep
longer.
Who is late and not missed, mustn't call
himself missing.
Who is late will be left without.
Who is made to slave should do it with
pleasure.
Who is man here will be a man there.
Who is mighty? One who makes an enemy
into a friend.
Who is narrow minded cannot be
bighearted.
Who is not ashamed doubles his sins.
Who is not ashamed of his sins, sins double.
Who is not good for himself is no good for
727
others.
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow;
who is not sure of his own correctness
will learn many things.
Who is oily is also cruel.
Who is oily is also stingy.
Who is out of sight is out of mind.
Who is over nice, loses many a slice.
Who is quick in youth will be diligent in old
age.
Who is reared at home fares wrong away
from home.
Who is righteous overmuch is a morsel for
the Old One.
Who is smart will learn.
Who is so deaf or so blind as he that
willfully will neither hear nor see?
Who is soft will be sat on.
Who is stupid in the morning will be stupid
in the evening.
Who is tender in everything is a fool in
everything.
Who is the happiest person in the world?
An unfaithful husband.
Who is timid in the woods boasts at home.
Who is tired of happy days, let him take a
wife.
Who is to bell the cat?
Who is to carry the cat to the water?
Who is up to mischief will get beaten.
Who is well seated, let him not budge.
Who is your enemy? A man of your own
trade.
Who judges others, condemns himself.
Who keeps company with the wolves, will
learn to howl.
Who kills has to bury.
Who kisses the feet of his mother, kisses the
step of Paradise.
Who knows most, believes least.
Who knows most, speaks least.
Who knows most, forgives most.
Who knows most, knows least.
Who knows not how to dissemble knows
not how to reign.