Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
You must judge a maiden at the kneading
trough, and not in a dance.
You must judge a man by the work of his
hands.
You must judge a woman by the taste of her
soup.
You must keep quiet or say only things that
improve silence.
You must kill the hornets to get rid of the
nest.
You must kill the spider to get rid of the
cobweb.
You must knock a long while against an
alder-bush before you get a swarm of
bees out of it.
You must live with a person to know a
person. If you want to know me come
and live with me.
You must live within your sacred truth.
You must live your life from beginning to
end: Noone else can do it for you.
You must look where it is not as well as
where it is.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
You must marry a widow while she is still
mourning.
You must not enthrone ignorance just
because there is much of it.
You must not expect old heads upon young
shoulders.
You must not run after two hares at the
same time.
You must not teach fish to swim.
You must not tell all that you know, nor
judge all that you see, if you would live
in peace.
You must not throw stones into your
neighbor's garden.
You must pay the fiddler if you want to
dance.
You must rave with the insane, unless you
would be left alone.
You must scale the mountain if you want to
view the plain.
You must shift your sail with the wind.
You must take the chance to forge whilst the
iron is hot.
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You must take the fat with the lean.
You must tolerate that which you cannot
change.
You must walk a long while behind a wild
goose before you find an ostrich feather.
You nebber see kicking' cow widout
kickin'calf.
You nebber see pop-gun kill alligator.
You need a brother, without one you're like
a person rushing to battle without a
weapon.
You need a sharp axe for a tough bough.
You need firm care to cure deep melancholy.
You need four men to make a good salad: a
crazy man to mix it, a scholar for the salt,
a miser for a touch of vinegar, and a
squanderer for the oil.
You need land to seed, to live in luxury.
You need more than dancing shoes to be a
dancer.
You need not find a shelter for an old ox.
You need not grease a fat sow.
You need plant only one cherry and one
plum tree.
You need sharp axes for knotty trees.
You need to bait the hook to catch the fish.
You need to break the shell in order to have
the almond.
You need to first experience adversity,
before you can handle high praise.
You need to have patience in storms: you
don't eat honey without flies.
You need your wits about you the most
when you are dealing with an idiot.
You needn't be afraid of a barking dog, but
you should be afraid of a silent dog.
You never are so easily mistaken as when
you think you know the way.
You never get a headache from winning.
You never get clean flour from a coal sack.
You never get enough of kissing a
sweetheart or eating snails.
You never know a line is zigzag until you
put a straight line against it.