The corn is not choked by the weeds but by the negligence of the farmer.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
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The country where flowers are expensive lacks the foundation of culture.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about culture, flowers, country
Beautiful girls are seldom happy, intelligent boys are seldom beautiful.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness
By day think of your own faults, by night think of the faults of others.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, day
A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, man
A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
The fool does what he can't avoid, the wise man avoids what he can't do.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
It is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but difficult to get one general.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about chance, being
A minimal error at the start leads to a wide divergence in the distance.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about error
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fire, fire brigade
Friendship between gentlemen appears indifferent but is pure like water.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about friendship, water
Because men do not like the cold, Heaven does not cause winter to cease.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
A good dog does not bite a chicken and a good man does not hit his wife.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wife, good, good luck, man
O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about shame, man
Unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, end
If you plant melons, you get melons; if you plant beans, you get beans.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Enough food and a pipe full of tobacco makes you equal to the immortals.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about food
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
