- idle people have the least leisure
- idleness is the root of all evil
- if a pig had wings, it might fly
- if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
- if and an spoils many a good charter
- if anything can go wrong, it will
- if at first you don't succeed, try, try again
- if every man would sweep his own doorstep, the city would soon be clean
- if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
- if ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers
- if it ain't broke, don't fix it
- if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck
- if it were not for hope, the heart would break
- if one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow
- if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch
- if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
- if the shoe fits, wear it
- if the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- if there were no clouds, we shouldn't enjoy the sun
- if there were no receivers, there would be no thieves
- if two ride on a horse, one must ride behind
- if wind blows on you through a hole, say your prayers and mind your soul
- if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- if you can't be good, be careful
- if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
- if you can't bite, never show your teeth
- if you can't run with the big dogs, stay under the porch
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- if you don't like it, you can lump it
- if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
- if you don't speculate, you can't accumulate
- if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas
- if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
- if you play with fire, you get burned
- if you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
- if you want peace, prepare for war
- if you want something done, ask a busy person
- if you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive
- if you would be happy for a week take a wife, if you would be happy for a month kill a pig, but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden
- if you would be well served, serve yourself
- if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned
- if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem
- if you've got it, flaunt it
- ignorance is a voluntary misfortune
- ignorance is bliss
- ignorance of the law is no excuse
- ill-gotten goods never thrive
- ill weeds grow apace
- imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
- in a calm sea every man is a pilot
- in for a penny, in for a pound
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