Proverbs and old sayings, page 479

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Schoolmaster, stick to your books; farmer, to your pigs.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books

A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end

The thoughtless person buries a well when he is thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you are hunting for a red deer then ignore the hares.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

He who goes his own way does not deserve being received.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about being

When a man is crazy about a woman only she can cure him.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about woman, man

Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drawing, contentment

You can't catch a cub without going into the tiger's den.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about trap, contentment

Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about waste, good, good luck, man

We all like lamb; each has a different way of cooking it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

To tell only half the truth is to give life to a new lie.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about lie, truth, life

Often one finds destiny just where one hides to avoid it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about destiny

Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, bad luck, good luck

There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about perfection, man

He who is master of himself cannot tolerate another boss.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads

Killing a man to save the world, does not save the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about world, man

Though the emperor be rich, he cannot buy one extra year.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, wealth

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind

Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese