Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 45

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

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

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A dream that lasts merely a millet soup's cooking time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about dream, time

Three simple shoemakers equal one brilliant strategist.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about revenge

You can be cautious of the future, but not of the past.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about future, past

Drunkenness does not produce faults; it discovers them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drunkenness

Deep down all men are alike -- and that is the problem.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Love for a person must extend to the crows on his roof.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, love

Would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads

Knowledge that is not replenished diminishes every day.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about knowledge, day

Would rather be betrayed by others than betraying them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about kitchen

Where there's a will to condemn there is also evidence.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A person without a smiling face must never open a shop.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, face

Those who bully the weak are cowards before the strong.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Mistaking the reflection of a bow in a cup for a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The greatest virtue is like water; good for everything.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue, water, good, good luck

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese