It is better to start weaving your fishing nets than merely coveting fish at the water.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, water
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Draw the bow but don't shoot -- it is a bigger threat to be intimidated than to be hit.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
A mans greatest shortcoming is that he neglects his own field and weeds that of others.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
The woman who deceives her husband makes her lover swear never to be unfaithful to her.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about husband, woman
A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about games, man
A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, heart
If a girl seems as shy as a mouse, you still have to look out for the tiger within her.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from those coming back.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mistake, man
To die is to stop living but to stop living is something entirely different than dying.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about death
He who stays near vermilion gets stained red; he who stays near ink gets stained black.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about magic
Our wishes are like little children -- the more you indulge the more they want from you.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, contentment
Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
It is easy to dodge the arrow of an enemy, but difficult to avoid the spear of a friend.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies
A man need never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about revenge, body, enemies, need, man
Books speak to the mind, friends to the heart, heaven to the soul, all else to the ears.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books, soul, mind, heart
You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
Great things can be reduced to small things, and small things can be reduced to nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, nothing
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about miracle, air, earth, water
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, wealth
