Proverbs and old sayings, page 501

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart

Last night I made a thousand plans, but this morning I went my old way.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, old, olderness

The only thing that was missing at the rich man's funeral was mourners.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, wealth, man

When going to an eating house, go to one that is filled with customers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about customers, home, house

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about companies

Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about earth, water

Don't try to make predictions -- especially those concerning the future.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about future

Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, man

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Sending charcoal in the snow is better than adding flowers to a brocade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flowers

The corn is not choked by the weeds but by the negligence of the farmer.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The country where flowers are expensive lacks the foundation of culture.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about culture, flowers, country

Beautiful girls are seldom happy, intelligent boys are seldom beautiful.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness

By day think of your own faults, by night think of the faults of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, day

A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, man

A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The fool does what he can't avoid, the wise man avoids what he can't do.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

It is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but difficult to get one general.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese