Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
When February comes, hobnail your shoes.
When February is rainy, it's very profitable.
When fire and water are at war, it is the fire
that loses.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When flatterers meet, the devil goes to
dinner.
When flies swarm in March, sheep come to
their death.
When folly passes by, reason draws back.
When fools go to market the huckster gets
money.
When fools go to market, pedlars make
money.
When fools make mistakes, they lay the
blame on providence.
When force and reason are in conflict, force
of reason prevails and being reasonable
isn't enough.
When force is imposed, the law is a joke.
When fortune calls, offer her a chair.
When fortune comes, open your doors.
When fortune deserts us, our friends are
nowhere.
When fortune knocks upon the door open it
widely.
When fortune knocks, open the door.
When fortune turns against you, even jelly
breaks your teeth.
When fortune's chariot rolls easily, envy and
shame cling to the wheels.
When friends ask, there is no tomorrow.
When friends fall out the truth doth appear.
When friendship goes with love it must play
the second fiddle.
When given a kingdom, the gypsy asks:
What about bread?
When glory comes, loss of memory follows.
When glory comes, memory departs.
When gnats swarm in January, the peasant
becomes a beggar.
When God chooses to give, it shall come in
through the door.
When God cooks you don't see smoke.
When God gives a child, he also gives the
clothing.
When God gives hard bread he gives sharp
693
teeth.
When God gives light he gives it for all.
When God gives, He doesn't ask whose son
a person is.
When God means to punish a nation, He
deprives its rulers of wisdom.
When God pleases, it rains in fair weather.
When God pleases, it rains with every wind.
When God says to-day, the devil says to-
morrow.
When God sends flour, the devil carries off
the sack.
When God shuts one door, He opens
another.
When God throws the dice, they are loaded.
When God wants to help you, he comes all
the way to your house.
When God wants to please a poor man, He
lets him lose his donkey and then helps
him find it again.
When God wants to punish an idiot, He
teaches them a few words of Hebrew.
When God will not, the saints cannot.
When God will punish, he will first take
away the understanding.
When God wishes a man well, He gives him
insight into his faults.
When going to an eating house, go to one
that is filled with customers.
When gold speaks every tongue is silent.
When gold speaks, everything else is silent.
When good cheer is lacking, our friends will
be packing.
When good fortune finally comes, no one
can ever stop it.
When goods increase, the body decreases.
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the
tug of war.
When had comes, have is too late.
When hard work goes out of the door,
poverty comes in at the window.
When he dies for age ye may quack for fear.
When he mounts his horse he forgets God;
when he dismounts, he forgets his horse.