When a woman laughs an experienced man will know how much it will cost him.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about woman, man
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A dog will not make himself look like a horse just by cutting off his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about rocks, perfection
Sit on the bank of a river and wait: Your enemy's corpse will soon float by.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about bankers, enemies
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about nature, change
When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about drinking, wine, people
A blind man sat behind a pile of stones and thought that nobody could see him.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about thinking, blind, man
The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
The grown-up pays attention to what you are doing; the child sees beyond that.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about attention, children
If they don't exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about salary, being
If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about sadness, pleasure
The dog's tail, even if buried for twelve years, will remain as crooked as ever.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
When you are in difficulty, go to the house of your friend -- not your sister's.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about difficulties, home, house
It is easier to cover our feet with sandals than to cover the earth with carpets.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about earth
An adder with its poisonous fangs taken out is nothing more than a piece of rope.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about nothing
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about chance, people
Most adults are attentive to what someone is doing, but children see beyond that.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about children
Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, sky, night
If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
