Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Never cheat a Klingon . . . unless your sure
you can get away with it.
Never choose your women or linen by
candlelight.
Never choose your women or your linen by
candlelight.
Never complain. never explain.
Never confuse gratitude with love.
Never confuse wisdom with luck.
Never consult a doctor who has never been
ill himself.
Never criticize a man until you've walked a
mile in his moccasins.
Never cross a bridge till you come to it.
Never cross the bridge until you have come
to it.
Never cut what can be untied.
Never dae ill that guid micht come o't.
Never damn the bridge that you have
crossed.
Never defecate more than what you eat.
Never descend to vulgarity even in joking.
Never did capon love a hen.
Never do anything standing that you can do
sitting, or anything sitting that you can
do lying down.
Never do anything standing that you can do
sitting, or anything sitting that you can
do lying down.
Never do anything that you want to remain
a secret.
Never do evil hoping that good will come of
it.
Never do evil that good may come of it.
Never do ill that good may come.
Never do that by proxy which you can do
yourself.
Never do things by halves.
Never do today what you can put off till
tomorrow.
Never does a woman lie in a more cunning
way than when she tells the truth to
someone who doesn't believe her.
Never draw your dirk when a blow will do
it.
Never dress in mourning before the dead
man is in his coffin.
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Never drop the bone to catch the shadow.
Never drop the friends you made on the
way up. You may need them on the way
down.
Never dump your old pot just because you
have bought a new one.
Never eat at the table of a Priest.
Never eat in a restaurant where the chef is
thin.
Never expect your friends to do for you that
which you can yourself accomplish.
Never fall out with your bread and butter.
Never fear the sea, fear the storm.
Never fell oak at the very first stroke.
Never fight an enemy whilst it is possible to
cheat him.
Never find fault with the absent.
Never forget benefits done you, regardless
how small.
Never get in a battle of wits without
ammunition.
Never give a child a sword.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Never give a sword to a fool or power to an
unjust man.
Never give advice in a crowd.
Never give advice unasked.
Never give advice unless asked.
Never give cherries to pigs or advice to
fools.
Never give thanks for a favor held back.
Never give the skin when you can pay with
the wool.
Never give up your own old mat for a better
prayer mat which you see passing.
Never go to bed on an argument
Never go to the devil and a dish-clout in
your hand.
Never grieve over spilt milk.
Never hang your hat higher than you can
reach.
Never has a man more need of his
intelligence than when a fool asks him a
question.
Never have sex with the bosses sister.
Never heed the colour of a gift horse.