Proverbs and old sayings, page 497

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry becomes silk.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about patience, power, time

Misfortune conquers timid souls while great minds subdue misfortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, home, water

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies

The one who plants the tree is not the one who will enjoy its shade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Don't suspect your employee. If one is suspicious, don't employ him.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who can predict winning numbers should not set off fire crackers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about numbers, fire, fire brigade

Scholars are invaluable to a nation as the best course to a banquet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about nation

If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

When a finger is pointing at the moon, the fool looks at the finger.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about moon

Do not dress in clothes made of leaves when going to put out a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about clothes, fire, fire brigade

If you never go up a hill, you will never know what a plain is like.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books

If the pedestal is beautiful the statue must be even more beautiful.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The miser does not own the gold, it is the gold that owns the miser.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A lame cat is better than a swift horse when rats infest the palace.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flowers

It's not that the well is too deep, but rather the rope is too short.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The tongue that concedes will not wear out; obstinate teeth fall out.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall

The jewel of the air is the sun; the jewel of the house is the child.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about air, sun, children, home, house