Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Never spend your money before you have
it.
Never spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar.
Never spread your corn to dry before the
door of a saintly man.
Never spur a willing horse.
Never squat with your spurs on.
Never stand in front of a judge or behind a
donkey.
Never step over one duty to perform
another.
Never stir the fire with a sword.
Never strike your wife, even with a flower.
Never strike your wife, not even with a
flower.
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
Never take a quiet person for granted. He
might have great qualities underneath
his quiet nature.
Never take a wife till you know what to do
with her.
Never take for granted a quiet person, for he
may have qualities that belie his quiet
nature.
Never take the antidote before the poison.
Never tell all that you know, or do all that
you can, or believe all that you hear.
Never tell tales out of school.
Never tell your enemy that your foot aches.
Never tell your fae when your foot sleeps.
Never tell your friends what your enemy
may not hear.
Never tell your story to a deaf man.
Never think of the future; it comes soon
enough.
Never throw the cat at the dog.
Never tickle the nose of a sleeping bear.
Never to forsake your ideals is better than
dreaming of great things.
Never too late to do well.
Never too old to learn.
Never too old to learn; never too late to turn.
Never travel with a friend who disserts you
at the notice of danger.
Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles
you.
Never trust a fool with a sword.
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Never trust a man who doesn't trust others.
Never trust a spiteful man.
Never trust a woman who mentions her
virtue.
Never trust a woman, even if she has borne
you seven children.
Never trust overmuch to a new friend or an
old enemy.
Never trust people who tell you all their
troubles but keep from you all their joys.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulty.
Never trust the man who tells you all his
troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
Never trust the man who tells you all his
troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
Never trust to another what you should do
yourself.
Never trust your friend with a secret unless
he is mute or a dog.
Never try to be more foolish than the jester.
Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.
Never try to catch two weasels with one
hand.
Never try to prove what nobody doubts.
Never underestimate a quiet person, for he
may have qualities that belie his quiet
nature.
Never underestimate an enemy.
Never underestimate the power of stupid
people in large groups.
Never underestimate the power of stupid
people in large numbers.
Never use a dwarf to measure the depth of
the water.
Never venture out of your depth till you can
swim.
Never want while your neighbor has it.
Never was a mewing cat a good mouser.
Never was hood so holy but the devil could
get his head into it.
Never watch a bonfire wearing a straw coat.
Never wear a brown hat in Friesland.
Never whisper to the deaf, or wink at the
blind.