Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
You will never be successful without going
through troubles.
You will never drown where you always
take a bath.
You will never find a cat on a cold hearth.
You will never have a friend if you must
have one without faults.
You will never know a man until you do
business with him.
You will never know the importance of the
buttocks, until they develop a boil.
You will never learn enough looking for
only the good things in life; you will
always be a pupil.
You will never lose a battle if you know
your own situation as well as that of the
enemy.
You will never plough a field by turning it
over in your mind.
You will not be loved if you care for none
but yourself.
You will not be loved if you only think of
yourself.
You will not be loved if you think of
yourself alone.
You will not choke on big words and pig fat.
You will not dare mistreat the face you see
in the morning.
You will not necessarily get what you
desire, you will get what is appointed
you.
You will not rise to the occasion, you will
default to the level of your training.
You will not see many with green eyes.
You will often see a high collar above an
empty stomach.
You will prefer roasted meat.
You will reach your destination even though
you travel slowly.
You will reap what you will sow.
You will see something as surely as a pig
will see Heaven.
You will sell more sheepskins at the market
than wolfskins.
You will shed tears with one eye like a
monkey.
You will use in the old what you have
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learned young.
You will wear the ivy wreath, the victor's
meed.
You win a few, you lose a few.
You win some, you lose some.
You won't gain knowledge by drinking ink.
You won't get much fat from a dry bone.
You won't get sick if you have plenty of
work.
You won't help shoots grow by pulling them
up higher.
You won't help the new plants grow by
pulling them up higher.
You won't know who your friends are until
you need them.
You would do better to sit on a powder keg
than on the knee of a woman.
You would frighten a lion with a mask.
You would weave a rope of sand.
You wouldn't know how far the town is if
you've been taken there.
You, who walk with a deformed person,
will also be deformed.
You, yourself, must make the effort. The
buddhas are only teachers.
You'd better have one hundred who envy
you than one who is sorry for you.
You'll always miss 100% of the [basketball]
shots you don't take.
You'll become a lot better if you think about
your death.
You'll begin to be rich when you learn to
scorn riches.
You'll beguile none but those that trust you.
You'll hear a lot of things before your ears
drop off.
You'll know the good soldier in battle.
You'll never be sated with bread and olives.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over
in your mind.
You'll not find a thrush in a hawk's nest.
You'll realize he was a friend when you lose
him and see him no more.
You'll regret in vain when you scorn good
advice.