To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, good, good luck
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1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese
It is impossible to add much weight with a single morsel; it is hard to travel afar with a single step.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about impossible
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about suffering, hunger, children, life
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, man, day
When you have only two dollars left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a rose with the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, world
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, world
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about chance, past, word, life, things
A person cannot be judged by his appearance in the same token as the sea cannot be measured with a bucket.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
No iron is so strong that it cannot be melted down, and no business so dirty that can be fixed with money.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about affair, money
Ask no favors and people everywhere are affable; if you don't drink, it doesn't matter what price wine is.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drinking, wine, people
Learn to paint a tiger and you only paint his skin; learn to know a human being and you only know his face.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, being, face
A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a dog on a treeless plain.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water
The great scholar forgets about fame, the average scholar works for it, and the unworthy scholar steals it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fame
One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question
It does not matter if your tavern sits in a remote location so long as the smell of your wine is appealing.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wine
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things
Give one fish and he's fed for only a day. Teach one how to fish and he'll be free from hunger all his life.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about hunger, life, day
He who has a lot of money and no children is not rich; he who has many children and no money is not a pauper.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, money, wealth
