Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
If there are many buyers in the market, the
merchant doesn't wash his turnips.
If there are no clouds there will be no rain.
If there are no nightingales one must settle
for owls.
If there are too many bees, honey will not
come. (If there are too many people,
work will not go well because they will
just leave it for others to do.)
If there are too many teachers or leaders
with different ideas, the follower will not
do nothing and learn nothing.
If there are too many teachers or leaders
with different ideas, the follower will not
do anything and learn nothing.
If there are two cooks in one house, the soup
is either too salty or too cold.
If there be a God, and no one knows
whether there be, leave it between
ourselves and the dirks.
If there be a hell, Rome is built over it.
If there be no remedy, why worry?
If there had been no poverty in europe, then
the white man would not have come and
spread his clothes in africa.
If there is a lid that doesn't fit, then there is a
lid that does. To a person that does not
wander, there is not enlightenment. Fall
seven times, stand up eight.
If there is a rich man in the area three
villages are ruined.
If there is a strong general, there will be no
weak soldiers.
If there is a wave there must be a wind.
If there is a way into the wood there is also a
way out of it.
If there is any profit in partnership, two will
share a woman.
If there is beauty in character, there will be
harmony in the home. If there is
harmony in the home, there will be order
in the nation. If there is order in the
nation, there will be peace in the world.
If there is bitterness in the heart, sugar in the
mouth won't make life sweeter.
If there is cause to hate someone, the cause
to love has just begun.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes
beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes
ugliness.
If there is light in the soul, There will be
beauty in the person. If there is beauty in
the person, There will be harmony in the
house. If there is harmony in the house,
There will be order in the nation. If there
is order in the nation, There will be peace
in the world.
If there is no apple one eats a little carrot.
If there is no caviar one eats porridge.
If there is no horse, a donkey will do as well.
If there is no reason, why would the tempua
bird nest on the low branches?
If there is no traitor in your house, the
witches will never be able to get at you.
If there is no wind, row.
If there is only bread and onions, still have a
happy face.
If there is only one earring among seven
daughters, there will always be a quarrel
on festival days.
If there is righteousness in the heart, there
will be beauty in character.
If there is righteousness in the heart, there
will be beauty in the character. If there is
beauty in the character, there will be
harmony in the home. If there is
harmony in the home, there will be order
in the nation. If there is order in the
nation, there will be peace in the world.
If there is room in your heart there is room
in your house.
If there is snow in the forest at the New
Year, diseases will spread that year.
If there is someone to haul the fir-tree, there
shall be no shortage of those willing to
hold a branch to help.
If there is something one really wants to
achieve, one is willing to go an extra mile
and overcome the difficulties to achieve
it.
If there is still doubt do not accuse.
If there was not bad taste, goods would not
be sold.