Proverbs and old sayings about Contentment, page 78

5134 proverbs and old sayings about contentment

While wrangling over a quarter of pig, you can lose a flock of sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you are going to have a roast, a chicken is better than a phoenix.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

The harvest of a whole year depends on what you sow in the springtime.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If at home you receive no visitors, then abroad you will have no host.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you want to know someone's character, look at the friends he keeps.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Learn to handle a writing-brush and you'll never handle a begging-bowl.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

There is no better sale than when you give a true friend what he needs.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

We are not so much concerned if you are slow as when you come to a halt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

If you plant melons, you get melons; if you plant beans, you get beans.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Enough food and a pipe full of tobacco makes you equal to the immortals.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Once you pour the water out of the bucket it's hard to get it back in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

You need your wits about you the most when you are dealing with an idiot.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Love has its tides; before ebb tide you must take advantage of the flood.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

To mock your elders is to wreck the house where you have to stay tonight.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Charity is not a bone you throw to a dog, but a bone you share with a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

One step in the wrong direction will cause you a thousand years of regret.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Once bitten by an adder, you will never walk through the high grass again.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Not only those who can talk the best tell you the most interesting things.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Every letter must be chewed before you can refresh yourself with its juice.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment