Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
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It is easy to dodge the arrow of an enemy, but difficult to avoid the spear of a friend.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies
A man need never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about revenge, body, enemies, need, man
Books speak to the mind, friends to the heart, heaven to the soul, all else to the ears.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books, soul, mind, heart
You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Great things can be reduced to small things, and small things can be reduced to nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, nothing
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about miracle, air, earth, water
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, wealth
If you ask for directions rudely, you might end up a long distance from your destination.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end
It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room -- especially if the cat isn't there.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about dark, magic, trap
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, books, man
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about vice, real estate, virtue
Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about hell, man
If the dog leads the man, the man is blind. If the man leads the dog, the man is married.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, blind
If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life
You can mirror something from other people; you can only give out that which is your own.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
The dragon teaches you that if you want to climb high you have to do it against the wind.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
When you are very angry, don't go to a lawyer; when you are very hungry, don't be a poet.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about poets
You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies
