Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 48

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

Often one finds destiny just where one hides to avoid it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about destiny

Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, bad luck, good luck

There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about perfection, man

He who is master of himself cannot tolerate another boss.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads

Killing a man to save the world, does not save the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about world, man

Though the emperor be rich, he cannot buy one extra year.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, wealth

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind

Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Success in the end erases all the mistakes along the way.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about success, end

You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about help, fire, fire brigade, water

A hundred no's are less agonizing than one insincere yes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about hate

A single tree makes no forest; one string makes no music.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about music

If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, contentment

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about light

A man thinks that he knows it, but his wife knows better.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wife, man

A bird in your hand is worth more than 100 in the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Wisdom is attained by learning when to hold one's tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wisdom