Proverbs and old sayings, page 513

43574 proverbs and old sayings

One's skills are his inexhaustible treasure keeping him from hunger wherever he goes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about treasure, hunger

The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about duty, man

The first time you cheat me, be ashamed. The second time it is I who must be ashamed.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, contentment

Blame yourself as you would blame others; excuse others as you would excuse yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun, contentment

If you suspect someone, don't employ them; if you employ someone, don't suspect them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

To have saved one human life is worth more than to build a pagoda with seven stories.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, life

When there is trust, no proof is necessary. when there is none, no proof is possible.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun

To do good for ten years is not enough; do bad things for one day and it is too much.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, bad luck, day, bad, good, good luck

When the deal is done, discuss it no more; it is difficult to collect dispersed water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

It's as difficult to be rich without bragging as it is to be poor without complaining.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth

If everyone swept the pavement in front of his house, the whole street would be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet, money, contentment

Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about talking, things, love

Listen to all, pluck a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

When your neighbor walks through your orchard, the polite thing to do is to ignore it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden, things

Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies, man, good, good luck

A woman gets thirty percent of her beauty from nature and seventy percent from makeup.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about nature, beauty, woman