Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 81

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

We forget even incense in easy times; come hard times, we embrace the Buddha's feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about moment, anger, day, sadness

When people are no longer afraid of death, there is no use threatening them with it?

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about use, death, people

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Guard against disgrace in times of favor; be prepared for danger in times of safety.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about safety, danger

The day your horse dies and your money's gone, your relatives change into strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

Force tells weak from strong for a moment; truth tells right from wrong all the time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about moment, force, police, bad, rightness, truth, time

It is a little thing to starve to death; it is a serious matter to lose one's virtue.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue, things, death

One's skills are his inexhaustible treasure keeping him from hunger wherever he goes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about treasure, hunger

The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about duty, man

The first time you cheat me, be ashamed. The second time it is I who must be ashamed.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time

Blame yourself as you would blame others; excuse others as you would excuse yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun

If you suspect someone, don't employ them; if you employ someone, don't suspect them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

To have saved one human life is worth more than to build a pagoda with seven stories.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, life

When there is trust, no proof is necessary. when there is none, no proof is possible.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun

To do good for ten years is not enough; do bad things for one day and it is too much.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, bad luck, day, bad, good, good luck

When the deal is done, discuss it no more; it is difficult to collect dispersed water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

It's as difficult to be rich without bragging as it is to be poor without complaining.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth