Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 82

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

If everyone swept the pavement in front of his house, the whole street would be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet, money

Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about talking, things, love

Listen to all, pluck a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

When your neighbor walks through your orchard, the polite thing to do is to ignore it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden, things

Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies, man, good, good luck

A woman gets thirty percent of her beauty from nature and seventy percent from makeup.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about nature, beauty, woman

It is better to start weaving your fishing nets than merely coveting fish at the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

Draw the bow but don't shoot -- it is a bigger threat to be intimidated than to be hit.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A mans greatest shortcoming is that he neglects his own field and weeds that of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The woman who deceives her husband makes her lover swear never to be unfaithful to her.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about husband, woman

A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about games, man

A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, heart

If a girl seems as shy as a mouse, you still have to look out for the tiger within her.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from those coming back.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mistake, man

To die is to stop living but to stop living is something entirely different than dying.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about death

He who stays near vermilion gets stained red; he who stays near ink gets stained black.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about magic

Our wishes are like little children -- the more you indulge the more they want from you.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children