Proverbs and old sayings, page 511

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed for.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, end

The man whose conscience is clear will never fear a knock on the door at midnight.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conscience, fear, man

When the lamps in the house are lit it is like the flowering of lotus on the lake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

Everything in the past died yesterday, and everything in the future is born today.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about future, past

He that has no money might as well be buried in a rice tub with his mouth sewn up.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about money

The poor can only guess at what wealth is; the rich don't know what poverty means.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, poverty

A good fortune may forebode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, good luck, bad luck, good, bad

Water does not stick to the mountain, and vengeance does not stick to a big heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart, water

To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ancestors

He who thinks too much about every step he takes will stay on one leg all his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about waste, time

Never has a man more need of his intelligence than when a fool asks him a question.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about intelligence, question, need, man

You can't look at the stars while you are walking if you have a stone in your shoe.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about celebrity, stars, contentment

A man is old when he takes the whole night to do what he used to do all night long.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, man, old, olderness

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things

There are many paths up the mountain, but the view from the top is always the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A teacher is someone who ploughs with his tongue to fill his little bowl with rice.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about teachers

To know another is not to know that person's face, but to know that person's heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, heart, face

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The man will surely fail, who dares delay, And lose to-morrow that has lost to-day.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, man