Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
No matter how far you have gone on the
wrong road, turn back.
No matter how far you have walked in the
wrong direction certainly you have to
turn back and take the right direction.
No matter how fast a man can run, he can
never chase his shadow and catch it.
No matter how fast a man is, he cannot
outrun his shadow.
No matter how fast moonlight runs,
daylight catches up.
No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will
never reach heaven.
No matter how full the river, it still wants to
grow.
No matter how full the river, it still wants to
swell more.
No matter how generous you are, you don't
give your wife away.
No matter how good a hunting dog is it
cannot kill a leopard.
No matter how hard you throw a dead fish
in the water, it still won't swim.
No matter how hard you try the bull will
never give milk.
No matter how hidden a force is, it will
attract some kind of resistance.
No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has
to look for food on the ground.
No matter how high the bird flies, a hunter
sets is trap on the ground.
No matter how high the squirrel jumps, it
will eventually fall onto the ground.
No matter how high the vulture may choose
to soar, the eagle will remain king of the
sky.
No matter how hot your anger may be, it
cannot cook.
No matter how huge a hook may be it
cannot catch fish in a river.
No matter how hungry the vulture, it will
never eat grass.
No matter how kind a man might be he
cannot accept to share his wife.
No matter how long a bird lives in a cage, it
will always want to escape.
No matter how long a fallen tree stays in the
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river it can never be a crocodile.
No matter how long a log may float in the
water, it will never become a crocodile.
No matter how long a stick may stay in a
river, it will never change into fish.
No matter how long and winding the road
might be, it will always lead you to your
destination.
No matter how long the night is, the
morning is sure to come.
No matter how long the night, the day is
sure to come.
No matter how long the procession, it still
ends up in church.
No matter how long the winter, spring is
sure to follow.
No matter how many chores you finish in
your house, there is always yet more to
be done.
No matter how many house chores you
complete, there are always more to be
done.
No matter how misbehaved a child, the
parents will accept.
No matter how much care is taken, someone
will always be misled.
No matter how much milk a cow has, you
cannot milk butter from it.
No matter how much snow falls, it won't
remain there all the way till summer.
No matter how much the wise man travels,
he always lives in the same place.
No matter how much the world changes,
cats will never lay eggs.
No matter how much you eat, save some
seeds for sowing.
No matter how much you feed a lizard it
cannot become a crocodile.
No matter how much you feed a wolf, he
will always return to the forest.
No matter how often a man quarrels with
his wife he doesn't do so during the
hours lending to bedtime.
No matter how often a pitcher goes to the
water it is broken in the end.
No matter how old you may be the future
will always be ahead of you.