Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't bite, better not show your teeth.
If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.
If you can't change your fate, change your
attitude.
If you can't dance well, you'd better not get
up.
If you can't distinguish how to whistle a
festival alarm from a warning alarm,
then better not alarm and let s/he who
knows the difference to do the alarming.
If you can't do the deed, don't block another
from trying.
If you can't eat a little your mouth stinks.
If you can't endure the bad, you'll not live to
witness the good.
If you can't find peace within you, you'll
labor in vain to find it elsewhere.
If you can't get it in bushels, take it in
spoonfuls.
If you can't get people to listen to you any
other way, tell them it's confidential.
If you can't give any sugar then speak
sweetly.
If you can't go over, go under.
If you can't go over, you must go under.
If you can't help, don't hinder.
If you can't hold children in your arms,
please hold them in your heart.
If you can't hold on to the horse's mane then
don't try to hang on to its tail.
If you can't join them, beat them.
If you can't lick 'em, join 'em.
If you can't reward then you should thank.
If you can't ride two horses at once, you
shouldn't be in the circus.
If you can't say something good about
someone, come sit right here by me.
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the
kitchen.
If you can't use your eyes, follow your nose.
If you care for healing the tooth of a Tutsi
that he recovers, he will surely bite you
to-morrow.
If you care for the court, the court will bring
cares for you.
If you carry the egg basket do not dance.
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If you carry treasure, don't travel at night.
If you catch fish, you're a fisherman.
If you chase away an ant, all the ants will
come and bite you.
If you chase two hares at the same time, you
will catch neither of them.
If you chase two rabbits you will catch none.
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch
either one.
If you choose to lie down with dogs, you
must be prepared to wake up with fleas.
If you choose to make friendship with a pig
you must be prepared to live in the mad.
If you climb a good tree, you may be given a
push.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down
the same tree.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down
the same tree.
If you close one eye, you will not hear
everything.
If you close the door, the devil will turn his
back on you.
If you close your eyes because of the bad
people around you, you will not see the
good people passing by.
If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn
through accidents.
If you come near the river, you will hear the
crab cough.
If you come up in this world, be sure not to
go down in the next.
If you come, you will be, if you bring, you
will eat.
If you commence a good action, leave it not
incomplete.
If you conduct yourself properly, fear no
one.
If you conduct yourself properly, then fear
no one.
If you continually harvest without fertilizing
the land will soon be exhausted and
you'll have bad years.