Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
It is no child's play when an old woman
dances.
It is no disgrace at all to work for money.
It is no disgrace to be poor, but it can be
inconvenient.
It is no disgrace to move out of the way of
the elephant.
It is no fun to guard a house with two doors.
It is no good going to the river just wanting
to catch a fish; you have to take a net as
well.
It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we
must act peace, live peace and live in
peace.
It is no secret that is known to three.
It is no shame at all to work for money.
It is no shame to tell the truth.
It is no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill
measure.
It is no time to go for the doctor when the
patient is dead.
It is no time to play chess when the house is
on fire.
It is no time to stoop when the head is off.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
It is no use cutting a stick when the fight is
over.
It is no use fretting after last winter's snow.
It is no use hiding from a friend what is
known to an enemy.
It is no use waiting for your ship to come in
unless you have sent one out.
It is not a fish until it is on the bank.
It is not a matter of upper and lower class
but of ups and downs.
It is not a secret if it is known by three
people.
It is not a sin to sell dear, but it is to make ill
measure.
It is not all gold that glitters.
It is not all who turn their backs that flee.
It is not all, always mallow.
It is not allowed in war to blunder twice.
It is not always good to be wise.
It is not as bad to believe a lie as to tell one.
It is not at the altar that we should consider
the course we would take.
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It is not at the table but in prison that you
learn who your true friends are.
It is not becoming to play the fox, or to play
up on both sides.
It is not by saying, 'honey, honey,' that
sweetness comes into the mouth.
It is not by watching a newly wed wife that
she is going to become pregnant.
It is not difficult to get hold of a flame with
someone else's hand.
It is not disgraceful to ask, it is disgraceful
no to ask.
It is not easy suddenly to cast aside a fancy
long indulged in.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to guard the hen that lays her
eggs abroad.
It is not easy to know your butter in another
man's cabbage.
It is not easy to meet Good, but it is easy to
recognize it.
It is not easy to pluck hairs from a bald pate.
It is not easy to show the way to a blind
man.
It is not easy to steal in thieves' houses.
It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a
thief.
It is not easy to sting a bear with a straw.
It is not easy to straighten in the oak the
crook that grew in the sapling.
It is not easy to walk upon the devil's ice.
It is not economical to go to bed early to
save the candles if the result is twins.
It is not enough for a man to know how to
ride, he must also know how to fall.
It is not enough to aim, you must hit.
It is not enough to have cabbage, one must
have something to grease it.
It is not enough to know how to ride you
must also know how to fall.
It is not enough to know how to steal, one
must know also how to conceal.
It is not enough to run, one must arrive and
know when one has arrived.