Proverbs and old sayings, page 2072

43574 proverbs and old sayings

No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan

The thousand brilliant accomplishments of the past cannot serve today's purpose.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about purpose, past

When a king is about to lose his power his orders burn more intensely than fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about power, fire, fire brigade

A father deserted by a wise son is like being caught in a shower without a felt.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about being

He who has had enough to eat thinks of serving God; the hungry think of stealing.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about thieves, god

The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity will not attain great prosperity.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about prosperity, people

The highest art is the art of living an ordinary life in an extraordinary manner.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about art, magic, life

The father may well be a horse, but it's most likely that the son will be a mule.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan

Medicine that heals is not always sweet and caring words are not always pleasant.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about medicine

It is easier to put leather on the soles of one's feet than cover the world with leather.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about world

It is better to live for one day as a tiger than to live for a thousand years as a sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about day

Eat according to the limits of your provisions; walk according to the length of your step.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about limits

It is easy to see the fly on the other person's nose, while ignoring the horse on your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about people

With a resolute heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. Spreading the news is also multiplying it.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about heart

If there is only one earring among seven daughters, there will always be a quarrel on festival days.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about day

Don't notice the tiny flea in the other person's hair and overlook the lumbering yak on your own nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about people

The young magpie that pulls feathers out of his mother thinks that he is showing gratitude in that way.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about gratitude, mother

One good punch on your enemy's nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about pleasure, advice, enemies, good, good luck

Sow good and you'll reap good; sow bad and you'll reap bad. You don't have to cut down a tree to get its fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

If the master gets drunk it is an honorable drunkenness; if the servant does it is evidence of his mean disposition.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about drunkenness