Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Judge wine by its taste, and bread by its
color.
Judges and physicians kill with impunity.
Judges should have two ears, both alike.
Judgment delayed is judgment avoided.
Jump over a log but not over your
neighbor's word.
June rains consume the world.
Jupiter himself cannot please everybody.
Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of
water, so taking counsel together makes
men of one mind.
Just as a medicine may not cure a serious
illness, wine will certainly not dispel
your grief.
Just as people's faces are different, so are
their opinions different.
Just as tall trees are known by their
shadows, so are good men known by
their enemies.
Just as the world cannot exist without
livelihoods, so it cannot exist without
miracles and wonders.
Just because a loan is old, that does not
make it a gift.
Just because he harmed your goat, do not go
out and kill his bull.
Just because men do not like the cold,
Heaven will not stop the winter.
Just because you are irritated by a mosquito,
you burn the mosquito curtain.
Just because you are poor does not mean
you have to sleep with your mother.
Just because you have been stung by a bee
doesn’t mean you destroy all beehives.
Just do it.
Just go with it.
Just one by one white hairs have come, and
thus have they grown.
Just scales and full measure injure no man.
Just staying does not find a shirt. (In order
to get something it is important to work.)
Just toss it in my hat and I'll sort it
tomorrow.
Just when you think you've finally hit
bottom, someone tosses you a shovel.
Justice and fire, keep them at arms length.
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Justice and health, woe to the one who seeks
them.
Justice becomes injustice when it makes two
wounds on a head which only deserves
one.
Justice becomes injustice when it makes two
wounds on a head which only deserves
one.
Justice begins at home.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Justice has a waxen nose.
Justice is a good thing, only not in my
house, but in my neighbor's.
Justice is better than admiration If you are
going to kill, then kill an elephant; if you
are going to steal make sure it's a
treasure.
Justice is better than admiration.
Justice is exercised in the proper prevention,
rather than in the severe punishment, of
crime.
Justice knows no friendship.
Justice oft leans to the side where the purse
pulls.
Justice that's pending is injustice attending.
Justice, but not in my own house.
Justifying a fault doubles it.