Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
He who does not admit defeat is not a
sportsman.
He who does not advance recedes.
He who does not bait his hook catches
nothing.
He who does not bait his hook fishes in
vain.
He who does not climb, will not fall either.
He who does not collect in summer, will
heat little in winter.
He who does not cultivate his field, will die
of hunger.
He who does not fart lets out silent ones.
He who does not feed his cat will feed rats.
He who does not fully speak the truth is a
traitor to it.
He who does not gain loses.
He who does not go forward, stays behind.
He who does not go to sea knows not how
to pray.
He who does not grow old is deprived of
life.
He who does not have common sense at age
thirty will never have it.
He who does not honour his wife,
dishonours himself.
He who does not improve to-day will grow
worse to-morrow.
He who does not intend to pay is not
troubled in making his bargain.
He who does not know how to plant will
plant in November.
He who does not know how to serve cannot
know how to command.
He who does not know is forgiven by God.
He who does not know one thing knows
another.
He who does not know the falcon would
grill it.
He who does not know the road delays also
one that knows it.
He who does not know to look where he
came from will never get to his
destination.
He who does not know what to do in his
spare time is not a businessman.
He who does not know you is not informed
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He who does not know, knows after being
told.
He who does not look ahead always
remains behind.
He who does not look before lags behind.
He who does not lose his way by night will
not lose his way by day.
He who does not love their national
language is worse than a putrid fish.
He who does not mend his clothes will soon
have none.
He who does not mix with the crowd knows
nothing.
He who does not open his eyes must open
his purse.
He who does not pick up a pin cares
nothing for his wife.
He who does not praise a thing is he who
buys it.
He who does not punish evil invites it.
He who does not regularly put on clean
socks will never get used to circus life.
He who does not repair his gutter has a
whole house to repair.
He who does not research has nothing to
teach.
He who does not shave you does not cut
you.
He who does not show himself, is
overlooked.
He who does not speak the whole truth is a
traitor to truth.
He who does not speak, God does not hear.
He who does not teach his son a trade
teaches him to steal.
He who does not tire, achieves.
He who does not tire, tires adversity.
He who does not venture has no luck.
He who does not want to lend loses friends;
he who lends gains enemies.
He who does not when he can, cannot when
he will.
He who does not whip the child does not
mend the youth.