A governor may commit arson while the governed are not allowed to light a lamp.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about light
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The man who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt a man who is doing it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
An old bachelor compares life with a shirt button that hangs often by a thread.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, old, olderness
The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home
Good behavior is a virtue for the man -- bad behavior is the virtue of a woman.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue, woman, bad luck, bad, good, good luck, man
Opinions are like nails: the more often you hit them the deeper they penetrate.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about destruction, rocks, man
The one who understands does not speak, the one who speaks does not understand.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
To persecute the unfortunate is like throwing stones on one fallen into a well.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
The merciful do not engage in war, and the righteous do not engage in finances.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about war
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
The life of an old man can be compared with the flame of a candle in a drought.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, man, old, olderness
To cultivate trees, you need 10 years. To cultivate people, you need 100 years.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about need, people, contentment
Once bitten by a snake, one is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life
The tongue is soft but constantly remains; the teeth are hard yet they fall out.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall
Those who take medicine and neglect their diet waste the skill of the physician.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about diets, waste, medicine
People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flight, people, time
You can't be the head of a family unless you show yourself both stupid and deaf.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about family, heads, contentment
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
Good will be rewarded with good and evil with evil; it is only a matter of time.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about good, good luck, time
