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Fish cannot survive in absolutely clear water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, water

Fuel is not sold in a forest, nor fish on a lake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing

There is a time to fish and a time to dry the nets.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, fishing

Seeking fish? Don't dive in the pond; go home and get a net.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, home

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish--very gently.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about kitchen, family, fishing, contentment

If you are not a fish, how can you know if the fish are happy?

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, happiness, contentment

There are people that fish and those who just disturb the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, people, water

To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about talking, trap, fishing, nothing

Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, home, water

Weaving a net is better than praying for fish at the edge of the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, water

To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about trap, fishing

The company of the wicked is like living in a fish market; one becomes used to the foul odor.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about companies, stores, fishing

It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about trap, fishing, good, good luck, contentment

Life is like a candle in the wind; like frost on the roof; like the wriggling of the fish in the pan.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, life

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 fishing, rest, life, man, day

Give one fish and he's fed for only a day. Teach one how to fish and he'll be free from hunger all his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, hunger, life, day

Living at a river, one comes to know the nature of the fish therein; Dwelling by a mountain, one learns to recognize the language of the birds thereupon.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about language, nature, fishing

No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about fishing, water, contentment

He who sleeps cannot catch fish.

Proverbs and old sayings about trap, fishing

A fisherman never says his fish stink.

Proverbs and old sayings about fishing