He who answers is inferior to the one who asks the question.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about question
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Only the hunchback himself knows how he can lie comfortably.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about lie
Undeserved punishment is better than that which is deserved.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about punishment
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment
One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about people, water
There are many people who can sing, but don't know the words.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about word, people
Rather be a slave to a rich man than the spouse of a poor man.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about wealth, man
It is easy to forget a kindness, but one remembers unkindness.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
One man's beard is burning, and another warms his hands by it.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about man
I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about man
It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about use, fire, fire brigade, home, house
To the world wisdom is folly; to the wise the world is foolish.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about world, wisdom
The sieve says to the needle, You have a hole in your tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment
There are only two things from which to choose: profit or loss.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about things
One of the two partners always bites the best part of the apple.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not done.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about bad, time
A doctor is only a doctor when he has killed one or two patients.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
A book is a good friend when it lays bare the errors of the past.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about error, past, good, good luck
By joining the tail to the trunk one makes up the whole elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
The crab instructs its young: Walk straight ahead -- like me.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
