Proverbs and old sayings, page 482

43574 proverbs and old sayings

You must scale the mountain if you want to view the plain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

A mantis stalking a cicada is unaware of an oriole behind.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It is easier to visit your friends than to live with them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

An accidental meeting is more pleasant than a planned one.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about meetings

A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you have nothing else to offer me, offer me your smile.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about smile, nothing, contentment

Everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

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

You buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, contentment

Whenever there is profit to be made then think of honesty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about honesty

The water that bears the ship is the same that engulfs it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

Make friends with what is good in a man and not his goods.

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

Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about prestige, man

There is no greater calamity than being consumed by greed.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about greed, being

Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ignorance

Beware of the camel going to seek horns, he lost his ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about light

Sooner or later the day comes when the tumor can be lanced.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day

A full bottle makes no sound; a half-bottle sloshes around.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fear