Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 36

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

As a daughter grows up she is like smuggled salt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If life is fulfilled we go away with empty hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

Have patience, the grass will be milk soon enough.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about patience

Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The lone wolf may yet kill as many deer as a pack.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A feet can be shorter while an inch can be longer.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Man concocts a million schemes; god knows but one.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about god, man

Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth

Even the powerful ox has no defense against flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who is narrow of vision cannot be big of heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about vision, heart

A man's fortune must first be changed from within.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, man

Man must be sharpened on man, like knife on stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The brave person regards dying as just going home.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, people

One can care little for man, but we need a friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about need, man

Virtue becomes a wife; beauty becomes a concubine.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue, beauty, wife

Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Regular feet can't be affected by irregular shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Patience and the mulberry leaf become a silk robe.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, patience