When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
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A small cottage wherein laughter lives is worth more than a castle full of tears.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about laughter, tears
Drunkenness does not itself cause bad qualities but it does show them up clearly.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drunkenness, bad luck, bad
Who tells me of my faults is my teacher; who tells me of my virtues does me harm.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about teachers
There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about economy
You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend one in an hour.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
If a man plants melons he will reap melons; if he sows beans, he will reap beans.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
One measures the towers by their shadows and great people by those who envy them.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about envy, people
When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
The day your horse dies and your money's lost, your relatives change to strangers.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hindred days of sorrow.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about moment, anger, day, sadness, contentment
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind
Long or short, a stick is always a stick; tall or short, people are always people.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
To forget one's ancestor's is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ancestors
Hold back some goods for a thousand days and you will be sure to sell at a profit.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, day, contentment
A watched flower never blooms, while a carelessly planted willow grows into shade.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden
A single untried popular remedy often throws the scientific doctor into hysterics.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Away from home they look at your clothes. At home they look at what is under them.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, clothes
No one has an exclusive on opportunity. When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about chance, sun
To learn about other people is science, to learn to know yourself is intelligence.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about science, intelligence, people
