An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.
Proverbs and old sayings about people, man
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If a dog offers to help you across the river, don't ask if he is suffering from the mange.
Proverbs and old sayings about suffering, help, contentment
A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.
Proverbs and old sayings about humor, common sense, sense, life
Beware of he whose goodness you can't ask for for and whose evil you can't be protected from.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.
Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, soul
If you opress who is below you then you won't be safe from the punishment of who is above you.
Proverbs and old sayings about punishment, contentment
Don't pride over your wealth or beauty, one will be gone in a night and the other with a fever.
Proverbs and old sayings about proudness, wealth, beauty, night
There are five ways in which to become wise: be silent, listen, remember, grow older and study.
Proverbs and old sayings
Two scorpions living in the same hole will get along better than two sisters in the same house.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house
Throw a resourceful person into a river, and he will probably come out with a fish in his hand.
Proverbs and old sayings about fishing, people
O! my sister Your son is like how you raised him. And your husband is like how you trained him.
Proverbs and old sayings about husband, contentment
Translation: Give the job to a person who knows how to perform it best even if it will cost you.
Proverbs and old sayings about people, contentment
He makes a dome out of a grain. Meaning: He worries about a small problem as if it is a big one.
Proverbs and old sayings
When a rich man wants children, he gets dollars, when a poor man wants dollars, he gets children.
Proverbs and old sayings about children, wealth, man
In the desert of life the wise person travels by caravan, while the fool prefers to travel alone.
Proverbs and old sayings about people, life
While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you.
Proverbs and old sayings about word, contentment
One is better off seated than standing. lying than seated, asleep than awake, and dead than alive.
Proverbs and old sayings about lie
When the judge's mule dies, everyone goes to the funeral; when the judge himself dies, no one does.
Proverbs and old sayings about judges
Ask for a science that would be useful to you, would keep you from harm and shame, then elevate you.
Proverbs and old sayings about science, shame, contentment
The words of the elderly are as sweet as honey, but if you do not listen they become as sour as bile.
Proverbs and old sayings about word, contentment
