A blind man sat behind a pile of stones and thought that nobody could see him.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about thinking, blind, man
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The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
The grown-up pays attention to what you are doing; the child sees beyond that.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about attention, children, contentment
If they don't exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about word
Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about salary, being
If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about sadness, pleasure, contentment
The dog's tail, even if buried for twelve years, will remain as crooked as ever.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
When you are in difficulty, go to the house of your friend -- not your sister's.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about difficulties, home, house, contentment
It is easier to cover our feet with sandals than to cover the earth with carpets.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about earth
An adder with its poisonous fangs taken out is nothing more than a piece of rope.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about nothing
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about chance, people
Most adults are attentive to what someone is doing, but children see beyond that.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about children
Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, sky, night
If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment
When a crow is killed by a storm, the fortuneteller says, He died by my curse.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about wealth, man
The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather's.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment
All the water in the sea doesn't even reach the knees of the man who fears not death.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about death, water, man
Speak like a parrot; meditate like a swan; chew like a goat; and bathe like an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
The baby has not been born yet, and yet you assert that his nose is like his grandfather's.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment
