Proverbs and old sayings, page 351

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If a man's heart be impure, all things will appear hostile to him.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, heart, man

One man cut the barrage, and a thousand people fell into the river.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, man

When a camel is at the foot of a mountain then judge of his height.

Proverbs and old sayings about judges

I bought the nettle, sowed the nettle, and then the nettle stung me.

Proverbs and old sayings

When pumpkins are watered, brinjals [small plants] also get watered.

Proverbs and old sayings

A woman talks to one man, looks at another, and thinks about a third.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, man

You cannot cook one half of the chicken and leave the other lay eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings about kitchen, contentment

They know not their own defects who search for the defects of others.

Proverbs and old sayings about defects

The beggar who asks for crumbs gets more than the one who asks for bread.

Proverbs and old sayings

IF you are buying a cow, make sure that the price of the tail is included.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The wise must be respected, even when the advice they give is not suitable.

Proverbs and old sayings about advice

Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong.

Proverbs and old sayings

As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the hub, so all things are attached to life.

Proverbs and old sayings about life, things

By slitting the ears and cutting the tail, a dog is still a dog, not a horse, not an ass.

Proverbs and old sayings

Take a close look at today, because yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is barely a vision.

Proverbs and old sayings about vision, dream

The gardner had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him.

Proverbs and old sayings about prison

You sometimes forget the harm that was done to you, but never the harm you have done to others.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The gardener had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him.

Proverbs and old sayings about prison

To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well.

Proverbs and old sayings about conversation, man, good, good luck

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.

Proverbs and old sayings about sex, intelligence, woman, man