Long or short, a stick is always a stick; tall or short, people are always people.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
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1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese
To forget one's ancestor's is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ancestors
Hold back some goods for a thousand days and you will be sure to sell at a profit.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, day
A watched flower never blooms, while a carelessly planted willow grows into shade.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden
A single untried popular remedy often throws the scientific doctor into hysterics.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Away from home they look at your clothes. At home they look at what is under them.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, clothes
No one has an exclusive on opportunity. When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about chance, sun
To learn about other people is science, to learn to know yourself is intelligence.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about science, intelligence, people
If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed for.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, end
The man whose conscience is clear will never fear a knock on the door at midnight.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conscience, fear, man
When the lamps in the house are lit it is like the flowering of lotus on the lake.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house
Everything in the past died yesterday, and everything in the future is born today.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about future, past
He that has no money might as well be buried in a rice tub with his mouth sewn up.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about money
The poor can only guess at what wealth is; the rich don't know what poverty means.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, poverty
A good fortune may forebode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, good luck, bad luck, good, bad
Water does not stick to the mountain, and vengeance does not stick to a big heart.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart, water
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ancestors
He who thinks too much about every step he takes will stay on one leg all his life.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life
Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about waste, time
Never has a man more need of his intelligence than when a fool asks him a question.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about intelligence, question, need, man
