Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
You can hardly keep from getting soiled if
you fight with a skunk.
You can hardly make a friend in a year, but
you can easily offend one in an hour.
You can hate the dog, but do not tell him
that his teeth are dirty.
You can have a lord, you can have a king,
but the man to fear is the tax collector.
You can have no more of a cat than her skin.
You can have no more of the fox than his
skin.
You can have too much of a good thing.
You can hide a mark on your skin, but not a
defect.
You can hide wine in a gourd but not in the
belly.
You can judge a man by the company he
keeps.
You can judge what you make by what
others make.
You can jump over a fallen log, but not out
of another person’s mouth. (it is
dangerous neglecting someone’s advice)
You can keep away from the rogue, but you
cannot keep yourself safe from the liar.
You can kill a dog more way than by
choking it with butter.
You can kill a man's identity on earth but
you cannot kill is spirit.
You can lead a horse to the water, but you
can't make him drink.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't
make it drink
You can lean on a bamboo stick, but not on a
rope.
You can learn a lot about someone by
observing him when he is hungry.
You can leave without a friend but never
without a neighbour.
You can live with tea and cold rice but not
with cold words.
You can live without a brother but not
without a friend.
You can lock your door from a thief, but not
from a damned liar.
You can make a mule cross the river but you
cant make him drink the water.
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You can make the dream bigger than the
night.
You can measure the depth of the sea but
what about a man's heart?
You can mirror something from other
people; you can only give out that which
is your own.
You can never be happy at the expense of
the happiness of others.
You can never consider that as your own
which can be changed.
You can never enter the same river twice.
You can never sow rice and expect to
harvest maize.
You can never tell what's in a package by its
cover.
You can not know the extent of water in a
pond that you have never been to.
You can not tell a hungry child that you
gave him food yesterday.
You can not write in the chimney with
charcoal.
You can often find in rivers what you cannot
find in oceans.
You can only be honest if you are well fed.
You can only endure the weaknesses of
others by knowing your own.
You can only know the fleas in the bed you
have slept in.
You can only lean against that which resists.
You can only say “that is how he/she is”
after you have been with him/her
You can only take out of a bag what was
already in it.
You can out run that which is running after
you but not that that's running inside of
you.
You can outdistance that which is running
after you, but not what is running inside
you.
You can outrun what is running after you,
but not what is running inside of you.
You can pound a fool with a pestle, but his
foolishness cannot leave him.