Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Never murder a man who is about to
commit suicide.
Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
Never offer your hen for sale on a rainy day.
Never open a door that you can't lock again.
Never pay more for an acquisition than you
have to.
Never pick up what you didn't put down.
Never place friendship above profit.
Never point out the mistakes of another
with a dirty finger.
Never poke a jaguar with a short stick.
Never praise life in front of death, nor the
beautiful day in front of night.
Never praise your son-in-law until the year
is out.
Never promise a poor person, and never
owe a rich one.
Never put a sword into a madman's hand.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be
done today.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do
the day af.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do
today.
Never put off today what you can put off
tomorrow.
Never put off tomorrow what you can do
today.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can
do today
Never put your finger between the tree and
the bark.
Never put your thumbs between two
grinders.
Never quarrel with one's bread and butter.
Never quit certainty for hope.
Never rade, never fell.
Never refuse a good offer.
Never rely on the glory of the morning or
the smiles of your mother-in-law.
Never repeat old grievances.
Never repent a good action.
Never reveal the bottom of your purse or
the depth of your mind.
Never rub your eye but with your elbow.
Never rub your eye with anything but your
431
elbow.
Never say die! Up man, and try.
Never say die.
Never say 'from this water I shall not drink'.
Never say no due to pride, or yes due to
weakness.
Never say, "die!"
Never say, Fountain, I will not drink of thy
water.
Never say, of this water I will not drink, of
this bread I will not eat.
Never say: 'of this water I will never drink.'
Never scad your lips in other fouks kail.
Never scatter pearls for the cocks.
Never seek a wife till ye ken what to do with
her.
Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless
to try and find what is gone.
Never seemed prison fair, or mistress foul.
Never sell the bearskin till you have killed
the bear.
Never send a boy to do a man’s job.
Never send a boy to do a man's job.
Never share a foxhole with anyone braver
than you are.
Never shaw your teeth unless you can bite.
Never show the truth naked -- just in its
shirt.
Never sit in the place of a man who can say
to you, "Rise."
Never sit while your seniors stand.
Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
Never sleep with a stranger or borrow from
a neighbour.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Never speak in a hurry.
Never speak of a rope in the family of one
who has been hanged.
Never speak of a rope in the house of one
who was hanged.
Never speak to the feet while the head is
alive.
Never speak untruth and falsity knowingly.
Never spend time with people who don't
respect you.