Proverbs and old sayings, page 2073

43574 proverbs and old sayings

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

Landing a single punch on your enemies nose is more satisfying than hearing well-intentioned advice from your elders.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about enemies, advice

An elephant has enormous dung -- don't try to defecate like an elephant. Don't try to wipe someone else's ass if yours is unwiped.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan

If I tell you my dream, you might forget it. If I act on my dream, perhaps you will remember it, but if I involve you, it becomes your dream too.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about dream, contentment

The heart rules without rules.

Proverbs and old sayings about rules, heart

Not all those who are old are wise.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

The devil sups with the tax collector.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil

Every rhinoceros is proud of its horn.

Proverbs and old sayings about proudness

Better the child weeps than your wife.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, wife

So not roast all your corn in the winter.

Proverbs and old sayings

Good stew is best to be made in an old pot.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck, old, olderness

In the world there is more madness than sanity.

Proverbs and old sayings about world

You must kill the hornets to get rid of the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Absence polishes passion, presence reinforces it.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't butter the skillet before catching the fish.

Proverbs and old sayings about fishing

The tears running down your face do not blind you.

Proverbs and old sayings about tears, blind, face, contentment

When all men say you are a dog, it is time to bark.

Proverbs and old sayings about man, time, contentment

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.

Proverbs and old sayings

He bawls like a calf because he is as weak as a kitten.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you hurt the reputation of another, you damage your own.

Proverbs and old sayings about prestige, contentment