Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese, page 86

1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese

A curious woman is capable of turning around the rainbow just to see what is on the other side.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about woman

Good manners can be paid for with compliments, but only the sound of money will pay your debts.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about money, good, good luck

Fearing laws makes one happy every day; withholding truth from heaven worries one all the time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, truth, time, day

A man's faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind, man

The people who talk the best are not the only ones who can tell you the most interesting things.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things, people

The flowers in your garden don't smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flowers, garden

An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of time cannot be purchased for an inch of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time

Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about regret, past, hope

There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about perfection, people

No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun. Tenacity and adversity are old foes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun, old, olderness

A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.

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

An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about glory

Fruits of the same tree have different tastes; children of the same mother have various qualities.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, mother

Don't promise something when you are full of joy; don't answer letters when you are full of anger.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about promise, joy, anger

The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about truth

A single merit cannot make a hundred demerits fade; a hundred merits cannot hide a single demerit.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about merit

A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about circumstances, water, man

There are three kinds of person that you must not challenge: civil servants, customers and widows.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

Don't ask in this life for the three most difficult things: good sons, long life and a long beard.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, things, good, good luck