Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
If one hand were the other they would both
want to be clean.
If one has nothing to answer, it is best to
shut up.
If one has to jump a stream and knows how
wide it is, he will not jump. If he does
not know how wide it is, he will jump,
and six times out of ten he will make it.
If one imitates the upright, one becomes
upright; if one imitates the crooked, one
becomes crooked.
If one link has broken so has the whole
chain.
If one loves the ugly, one shall find it
beautiful.
If one man guards a narrow pass, ten
thousand cannot get through.
If one man praises you, a thousand will
repeat the praise.
If one person calls you a horse, laugh at him.
If a second person calls you a horse,
think about it.
If one person kindles the fire, others can take
live coals from it.
If one saws pumpkins with the devil, they
will bash onto one's head.
If one sheep leaps over the ditch all the rest
will follow.
If one sheep puts his head through the gap
the rest will follow.
If one soldier knew what the other thinks,
there would be no war.
If one tells you the harira is cold, tell him to
put his hand in it.
If one were to remove every smoking wood
from a fire and condemn it as bad, one
would be killing the fire itself.
If one won't another will.
If one word does not succeed, ten thousand
are of no avail.
If one would not eat pounded yam for its
own sake, one can still eat it for the sake
of the soup that goes with it.
If one, two and three say you are an ass, put
on the ears.
If one, two, three say you are an ass, put on
a tail.
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If only I were a bird! Ah, but eating
caterpillars?
If only one race has to be chosen, why the
Jews?
If only the wind would turn before I go
home, said the woman rowing against
the wind.
If Only youth had knowledge and old age
ability.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
If our feet leave the earth we no longer live
in peace.
If passion drives, let reason hold the reins.
If patience hides something, anger won't
search and get.
If patience is sour then its result is sweet.
If peace reigns in the land, a nun can govern
it.
If people come together, they can even
mend a crack in the sky.
If people lead, the leaders will follow.
If poor, act with caution.
If power can be bought then sell your
mother to get it.
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy
it. You can always buy her back again.
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy
it. You can always buy her back again.
If praying had helped, he could have hired
someone to do it.
If pride were a disease, how many would be
already dead?
If pride were an art, how many doctors we
should have.
If rain beats the teeth, the lips get the blame.
If rain bothers you, you can always jump
into the sea.
If rape is unavoidable, relax and enjoy it.
If regret was a horn, one's horn would reach
the sky.
If relatives help each other, what evil can
hurt them?
If rich people could hire other people to die
for them, the poor could make a
wonderful living.