Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
You don't have to lie down at the spot
where your enemy has thrown you.
You don't have to put out the fire when all is
ash.
You don't have to put out the fire when all is
burnt out.
You don't have to tell the deaf that there is a
stampede in the market.
You don't kill a gypsy by cutting him in ten
pieces -- you only make ten more
gypsies.
You don't know a man before he takes a
woman.
You don't know what may happen before
evening.
You don't learn anything from buying, but
you do from selling.
You don't light candles to old saints.
You don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You don't measure a man in hands.
You don't milk a cow with your hands in
your pockets.
You don't miss the cow until the stall is
empty.
You don't need a candle to look for a fool.
You don't need a dog to catch a lame hare.
You don't need a teacher of wickedness.
You don't need intelligence to have luck, but
you do need luck to have intelligence.
You don't punish a fish by throwing it in
water.
You don't put a wooden pot on the fire
twice.
You don't put robbers to work in a bank.
You don't really see the world if you only
look through your own window.
You don't satisfy your hunger by watching
others work.
You don't show a fool a job half done.
You don't spin, you don't weave, or wind,
so where did you get this pile of money?
You don't steal a bitter eggplant.
You don't study to be a fool.
You don't throw rocks at a green mango.
You dont throw stones at an approching
craclin noise in the bush wait and see
what is it first.
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You don't wash blood away with blood but
with water.
You drink out of the old cup.
You drive a donkey with a stick, an ox and a
mule with a prod, and the horse with a
whip and spurs.
You easily forget the eyes that don't see you
any more.
You easily lend bread to the one who has
flour.
You eat an egg, but you don't understand
how painful it was for the chicken.
You fail if you're afraid. Or brave, you may
become a king.
You find everything when you are spring
cleaning.
You find snails on the mountain slope with
the dew from the ravines.
You first find an escape route before taunt-
ing the cobra.
You fool an old woman once; the next time
she shuts the door on you.
You get a lot of these blows, said the busy
bee when he flew against a brick wall.
You get more from a few good animals than
from the many that are poorly grazed.
You get to really know your friend when
trouble comes.
You get used to everything -- even hell.
You get what you deserve.
You get what you pay for.
You get work from the young and advice
from the old.
You give hay to the dog and bones to the
ass.
You give the wolf the wether to keep.
You go to an ass for wool.
You got two mout or you are two faced.
You hae been smelling the bung.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harvest what you sow.
You have a lifetime to work, but children
are only young once.
You have a lot of friends if you have money;
otherwise there are only strangers.