Man fools himself. He prays for a long life and he fears old age.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about olderness, age, life, man, old
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People fool themselves. They pray for a long life but fear old age.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about pray, olderness, age, fear, life, people, old
No wise man takes responsibility for an eighteen-year-old daughter.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, old, olderness
Last night I made a thousand plans, but this morning I went my old way.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, old, olderness
An old bachelor compares life with a shirt button that hangs often by a thread.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, old, olderness
The life of an old man can be compared with the flame of a candle in a drought.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, man, old, olderness
A man is old when he takes the whole night to do what he used to do all night long.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, man, old, olderness
To meet an old friend in a distant country is like the delight of rain after a long drought.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about country, rain, old, olderness
Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, sleep, old, olderness
No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun. Tenacity and adversity are old foes.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun, old, olderness
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about olderness, age, woman, old
When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, contentment, old, olderness
To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about writing, pleasure, name, wealth, heart, old, olderness, good, good luck
The young pay for the old.
Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness
More kids are dying than old goats.
Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness
Better to take an old husband than none.
Proverbs and old sayings about husband, old, olderness
He who does not grow old is deprived of life.
Proverbs and old sayings about life, old, olderness
Once a horse is old, ticks and flies flock to it.
Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness
By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric.
Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness
If youth had the volition and if old age had the ability.
Proverbs and old sayings about ability, olderness, youth, age, old
