You looked high and low till your iron shoes were worn out but still to no avail. Then you chanced upon it without ever looking.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
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A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about meetings, wine
Today's beneficiary is the incarnation of his preexisting well-doer; the fate of one's next existence lies in his existence today.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about existence, destiny
If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future -- look into your present actions.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about present, future, past, contentment
The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, contentment
He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about celebrity, moral, stars
To make good conversation there are a thousand subjects, but there are still those who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, talking, good, good luck
If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, contentment
The best doctor prevents illness, an average doctor visits when the illness is imminent, and the unskilled doctor treats your present illness.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about present
Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweat depends entirely on how each man perceives them.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tears, bitter, life, man
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about prosperity, people, contentment
Although there exist many thousands of subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, conversation, talking
A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, contentment
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, contentment
Though you don't believe in other gods, you believe in the god of thunder; though you don't believe in medicine generally, you believe in laxatives.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, gods, medicine, contentment, god
If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, garden, wife, life, contentment
A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, night, man
If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timber will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house, fall
What is lighter than a feather? The wind. Lighter than the wind? The spirit. Lighter than the spirit? The woman. Lighter than the woman? Nothing at all.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about spirit, woman, nothing
