Proverbs and old sayings, page 485

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better.

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

Even criminals have their uses; they keep sleepyheads awake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about criminals

He who was presented with an ox must give in return a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Wine does not intoxicate a man -- a man intoxicates himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wine, man

You can chop a man's head off, but you can't keep him quiet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet, heads, contentment, man

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about duty, parents, respect, life

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

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about light

The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about memory

Without the aid of the divine, man cannot walk even an inch.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

He who flatters me is my enemy, who blames me is my teacher.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about teachers, enemies

Good deeds never leave home, bad ones echo a thousand miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about deeds, home, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

You can live with tea and cold rice but not with cold words.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about word, contentment

The weasel comes to say Happy New Year! to the chickens.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness

Those who have free seats at the play are the first to hiss.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about medicine

Do not judge a person until the lid of his coffin is closed.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about judges, people

Corner a dog in a dead-end street and it will turn and bite.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end

Water can do without fishes, fishes cannot do without water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

Riches: a dream in the night. Fame: a gull floating on water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about dream, fame, wealth, night, water

You won't help the new plants grow by pulling them up higher.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about help, contentment