If you ask for directions rudely, you might end up a long distance from your destination.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end, contentment
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It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room -- especially if the cat isn't there.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about dark, magic, trap
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, books, man
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about vice, real estate, virtue
Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about hell, man
If the dog leads the man, the man is blind. If the man leads the dog, the man is married.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, blind
If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end, contentment
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life
You can mirror something from other people; you can only give out that which is your own.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, contentment
The dragon teaches you that if you want to climb high you have to do it against the wind.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
When you are very angry, don't go to a lawyer; when you are very hungry, don't be a poet.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about poets, contentment
You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies, contentment
A woman that always laughs is everybody's wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wife, woman, man
The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, day
What is not urgent must be done quickly in order to take care of the urgent things calmly.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about order, things
Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
To know and know that you know, not to know and know that you don't know, that is to know.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
You can accompany a friend for a thousand miles but at some time you must take your leave.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, contentment
The human heart is never satisfied, just like the snake that wants to swallow an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, heart
A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drinking
