Proverbs and old sayings about Man, page 48

3475 proverbs and old sayings 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

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

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

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

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

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 man

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 man

A lame man always speaks when it's time to run.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about man

Take the bull by the horns and the man at his word.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about man