The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
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1827 proverbs and old sayings indochinese
If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about celebrity, moral, stars
To make good conversation there are a thousand subjects, but there are still those who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, talking, good, good luck
If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
The best doctor prevents illness, an average doctor visits when the illness is imminent, and the unskilled doctor treats your present illness.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about present
Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweat depends entirely on how each man perceives them.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tears, bitter, life, man
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about prosperity, people
Although there exist many thousands of subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, conversation, talking
A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night
Though you don't believe in other gods, you believe in the god of thunder; though you don't believe in medicine generally, you believe in laxatives.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, medicine, god
If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, garden, wife, life
A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, night, man
If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timber will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house, fall
What is lighter than a feather? The wind. Lighter than the wind? The spirit. Lighter than the spirit? The woman. Lighter than the woman? Nothing at all.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about spirit, woman, nothing
Living at a river, one comes to know the nature of the fish therein; Dwelling by a mountain, one learns to recognize the language of the birds thereupon.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about language, nature, fishing
On entering a country, ask what is forbidden, on entering a village, ask what are the customs, on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about country, home, house
You can't tell the cost of food and fuel without being the head of a household; you can't appreciate the love of your parents without having children of your own.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about parents, food, being, children, heads, love
Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about country, home, house, time
