The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about memory
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Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home
A flea on the top of a bald head - it is only too apparent.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads
If one word does not succeed, ten thousand are of no avail.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about word
The trees want to remain quiet, but the wind will not stop.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet
Think before you speak but do not speak all that you think.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
A word once spoken, an army of chariots cannot overtake it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about army, word
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about bad, commerce, children, enemies
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about error, moment, sadness, life
Solitude is enjoyed only when one is at peace with oneself.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about solitude, peace
A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall
A good breakfast cannot take the place of the evening meal.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about good, good luck
Wheat stalks heavy with grain learn how to bow their heads.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about beauty, wisdom, man
Girls marry to please parents, widows to please themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about parents
Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about duty, parents, respect, life
He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies
To open a shop is easy -- the hard part is keeping it open.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
There are three truths: my truth, your truth and the truth.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about truth
He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
