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Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs If you have money and wine, your friends will be many. If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird. If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. If you have never done anything wrong, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door. If you have never seen evil, look closely at yourself some time. If you have no arrows in your quiver, go not with archers. If you have no enemies it's a sign fortune has forgot you. If you have no enemies think then that your own mother might have produced one. If you have no hand you can't make a fist. If you have no money, be polite. If you have no one else, then confer with your knee. If you have no shame then do whatever you want. If you have no teeth, do not break the clay cooking pot. If you have no time to take care of your sickness, you get time to die. If you have not been to two different bazaars, then you do not know what the best value is. If you have nothing better to do, go to bed with your own wife. If you have nothing else to offer me, offer me your smile. If you have nothing to do, go home early. If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything. If you have one finger pointing at somebody, you have three pointing towards yourself. If you have one pair of good soles it is better than two pairs of good uppers. If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese 327 understand the importance of dreaming. If you have patience you can take out the holes of an anthill. If you have planted a tree you must water it too. If you have ploughed with oxen, married a widow and never said a bad word - surely you go to heaven. If you have run out of gunpowder, use your gun as a club. If you have said a, you have to say b. If you have the moon, ignore the stars. If you have to drag a dog to the hunt, neither he nor his hunting is any good. If you have to get drunk, you must do it with good wine. If you have to have animals in your house, don't have either a dog or a cat with a red coat. If you have to swallow a frog, try not to think about it. If you have to swallow two frogs, don't swallow the smaller one first. If you have to swallow a frog, try not to think about it. If you have to swallow two frogs, don't swallow the smaller one first. If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily. If you have wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty. If you have, give; if you lack, seek. If you haven't any sheep you won't know that a fox is a wild animal. If you haven't done anything evil then you shouldn't be worried about devils knocking on your door. If you hear a lot of things, you will hear a lot of lies. If you hear a person talking good about things that aren't in you, don't be sure that he wouldn't also say bad things about things that aren't in you.