If a dog offers to help you across the river, don't ask if he is suffering from the mange.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Proverbs and old sayings about Contentment, page 57
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Beware of he whose goodness you can't ask for for and whose evil you can't be protected from.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
If you opress who is below you then you won't be safe from the punishment of who is above you.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
O! my sister Your son is like how you raised him. And your husband is like how you trained him.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Translation: Give the job to a person who knows how to perform it best even if it will cost you.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Ask for a science that would be useful to you, would keep you from harm and shame, then elevate you.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
The words of the elderly are as sweet as honey, but if you do not listen they become as sour as bile.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Your tongue is your horse? if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you betray it, betrays it will.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
He whose ace gets cut on, gets his underpants off. When you cut, cut high. The Third Hand is the highest hand.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
If you hear that a mountain has moved, believe; but if you hear that a man has changed his character, believe it not.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Your tongue is like a horse--if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you treat it badly, it treats you badly.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. Why are you burning damp wood? was his first comment.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Once you have decided to hit someone, then hit them hard because the retribution will be the same whether you hit hard or not.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
I tell no, I don't you no but the habit in you prevails. AND the tail of the dog never straightens up even if you hang to it a brick.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
If you hear a person talking good about things that aren't in you, don't be sure that he wouldn't also say bad things about things that aren't in you.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
When you are dead, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will cease in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until she dies.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
When you die, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will end in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until the day she dies.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
If your neighbor visits Mecca once, watch out for him. If he makes a second visit, you had better avoid him. After the third visit you had better move to another street.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Before eating, always take time to thank the food.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
