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
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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.