Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 62

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

The main road is an easy way, but everyone loves the side streets.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tests, use

Look for a thing until you find it and you'll not lose your labor.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things

Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Display one's proficiency of axe in front of the master carpenter.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Distance tests a horse's strength; time reveals a marls character.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tests, character, time

A well mannered man does not step on the shadow of his fellow man.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about shadow, man

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about parents, children, love

What is told into a man's ear is often heard a hundred miles away.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Do everything at its right time, and one day will seem like three.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rightness, time, day

A buddha made of mud crossing a river cannot protect even himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It's better to die two years early than to live one year too long.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about death

It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rule one's family.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, family

The most highly praised woman is the one about whom no one speaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about woman

To be uncertain is uncomfortable, but to be certain is ridiculous.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The pleasure of doing good is the only one that will not wear out.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about pleasure, good, good luck

Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about use, word, books

It takes a year to make a friend, but you can lose one in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about talking, trap, fishing, nothing