Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 72

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about customers

Jails are always closed yet full, while temples are always open yet empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, woman, man

Charity is not a bone you throw to a dog, but a bone you share with a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about charity

The best cure for drunkenness is whilst sober to observe a drunken person.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drunkenness, people

One step in the wrong direction will cause you a thousand years of regret.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about regret, bad

Even a tower a hundred yards tall has still its foundations on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The one who first resorts to violence shows that he has no more arguments.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about violence

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about integrity, temptation, man

Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

One who walks along a river frequently cannot avoid getting his shoes wet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Once bitten by an adder, you will never walk through the high grass again.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Not only those who can talk the best tell you the most interesting things.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things

In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mistake, word

It's not the beauty of a woman that blinds the man, the man blinds himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about beauty, woman, man

To feed the ambition in your heart is like carrying a tiger under your arm.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ambition, heart

The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

No matter how much the wise man travels, he always lives in the same place.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man