Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
If lies are to find credence, they must be
patched with truth.
If lies were Latin, there would be many
learned men.
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
If life gives you a lemon, make a caipirinha
out of it.
If life is fulfilled we go away with empty
hands.
If love be timid it is not true.
If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy.
If love is torn apart you cannot stitch the
pieces together again.
If luck is with you, even your ox will give
birth to a calf.
If lying were a capital crime, the hangman
would work overtime.
If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
If man be a river, then woman will be a
bridge.
If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of
understanding truth and beauty.
If March is late in coming, June will suffer.
If marriage were a good thing, it wouldn't
need witnesses.
If marriages are made in heaven, you twa
hae few friends there.
If meat is expensive then patience is cheap.
If men could foresee the future, they would
still behave as they do now.
If men could see the epitaphs their friends
write they would believe they had gotten
into the wrong grave.
If men were now to turn their hostility
towards the cat, it would not be long
before the domestic cat becomes a wild
animal.
If Messina had gardens Palermo would be a
bunch of poor country houses.
If mind is clean, fate is good.
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy
master.
If money where to be found up in the trees,
most people would be married to
monkeys.
If money/wealth was to be found on trees,
many people wouldn’t mind marrying
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monkeys.
If more people say you're wrong, don't insist
saying you're right.
If Moscow is the heart of Russia and St.
Petersburg is its head, then Kiev is its
mother.
If mushrooms grew in the mouth, that
would be not mouth but kitchen garden.
If my aunt had a beard, this man would be
my uncle.
If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been
my uncle.
If my belly is of glass, I will fill it with bread
and chicken; if it is a closed cellar, I will
fill it with cockroaches.
If my neighbor is happy, my own work will
go easier, too.
If my shirt knew my design, I'd burn it.
If nakedness promises to cloth you then look
at its name.
If Nakedness promises you a piece of cloth,
ask him his name.
If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then
mineral you are.
if no agreement, then separation.
If no one comes the dog does not bark.
If not by washing, then by rolling.
If not for fear, sin would be sweet.
If not for religion, people would've killed
each other.
If not today -- when?
If nothing touches the palm-leaves they do
not rustle.
If old age was the same as wisdom, any old
donkey would be a celebrated Justice.
If one calls in the forest will one get a
response.
If one comes to a fork of the road in a
strange country, she stops to think.
If one didn't laugh, one would have to cry.
If one disdains, one wants to buy.
If one eats less, one will taste more.
If one finger brought oil it soiled others.
If one goes to a land where they cut off ears,
he should cut off his own and contribute
them.