Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about Man, page 10

205 proverbs and old sayings indochinese about man

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 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

A woman that always laughs is everybody's wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor; a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A man of honor will feel ashamed by a single question to which he does not know the answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The poor ones give their alms in a humble way, the rich man throws them down with contempt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A man can never be perfect in a hundred years; but he may become corrupt in less than a day.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

It takes three years to learn to be a man of integrity; it only takes three days to degrade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The evil is dreaded by men but not heaven; the kind-hearted is cheated by mortals but not God.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises of life as water to the decanter it is poured in.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

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 man

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 man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

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 man

Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

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 man

In the midst of great joy do not promise a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man