Proverbs and old sayings, page 504

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about integrity, temptation, man

Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

One who walks along a river frequently cannot avoid getting his shoes wet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Once bitten by an adder, you will never walk through the high grass again.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Not only those who can talk the best tell you the most interesting things.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, contentment

In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mistake, word

It's not the beauty of a woman that blinds the man, the man blinds himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about beauty, woman, man

To feed the ambition in your heart is like carrying a tiger under your arm.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ambition, heart

The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

No matter how much the wise man travels, he always lives in the same place.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about being

Every letter must be chewed before you can refresh yourself with its juice.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

The lotus root may be severed, but its fibered threads are still connected.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The wise man doesn't say what he does but he never does what can't be said.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

When men discuss the things which are to be, the rats laugh in the rafters.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, man

A year's harvest counts on spring; a man's success counts on his diligence.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about success, spring, man

A resourceful man knows to avoid a disadvantageous situation close at hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The man who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, man