The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
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281 proverbs and old sayings indochinese about contentment
It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
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 contentment
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 contentment
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 about contentment
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 contentment
There are three kinds of person that you must not challenge: civil servants, customers and widows.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils knocking at your door.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
If you wish to know what most occupies a man's thoughts, you have only to listen to his conversation.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
If you have never done anything wrong, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
When fate throws a dagger at you, there are only two ways to catch it: by the blade or by the handle.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
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 contentment
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 contentment
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 contentment
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 contentment
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 contentment
One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
