Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
If you share your friend's crime you make it
your own.
If you shoot your arrows at stones, you will
damage them.
If you show a rich man kindness, you gain
nothing, but when you wrong him he
avenges himself instantly.
If you sing before breakfast, you'll cry before
night.
If you sit at a crossroads, you will get sick.
If you sit by the river long enough, you will
see the body of your enemy float by.
If you sit on a seat, and that seat is a
comfortable seat, sit on that seat, and do
not leave that seat.
If you sit with us, you will get like us; if you
sit beside a cooking pot, you will get
black.
If you sleep under a tree, you can't prevent
the leaf from falling on you.
If you sleep with targs, you'll wake up with
glob flies.
If you snooze, you loose.
If you sow arrows, you will reap sorrows.
If you speak the truth, have a foot in the
stirrup.
If you speak the word it shall own you, and
if you don't you shall own it.
If you speak too much, you will learn too
little.
If you spit against the wind, you spit in your
own face.
If you spit in the face of a coward he'll tell
you that it's raining.
If you spit laying down it will only come
back in your mouth.
If you stab out the eye of thy neighbor cut
off two finger and dip them in honey.
Cook them in lemon curd and present
them to his family in a pigeon pie. If they
dine on a full moon his eye will sprout
again from it's socket.
If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked
shadow.
If you start chasing two hares, you will catch
none.
If you start thinking of death, you are no
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longer sure of life.
If you starve for three days, there is no
thought that does not invade your
imagination.
If you stash, you have something to
withdraw.
If you stay at home you won't wear out your
shoes.
If you stay long enough in one place the
whole world passes you by.
If you steal something small you are a petty
thief, but if you steal millions you are a
gentleman of society.
If you still have money in the month of May,
you'll have it the entire year.
If you stoop to see your neighbour's anus,
then your own anus is wide open for
others to see, even more easily and
clearly.
If you stop every time a dog barks, your
road will never end.
If you strike a goad with your fist, your
hand will suffer most.
If you stumble more than once over the
same stump, you have no one to blame
but yourself.
If you sup with the devil make sure you
have a long spoon.
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and
if you employ him, don't suspect him.
If you suspect someone, don't employ them;
if you employ someone, don't suspect
them.
If you swear you will catch no fish.
If you take big paces you leave big spaces.
If you take care of your character, your
reputation will take care of itself.
If you take it together, it will not be heavy.
If you take of your clothes for water you
must bathe.
If you take too long to choose, you will end
up with the leftovers.
If you take your tongue to the pawnshop,
you can't redeem it later.