One false step brings everlasting grief. Short please, long lament.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness
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Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, man
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
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, good, good luck
It does not matter if your tavern sits in a remote location so long as the smell of your wine is appealing.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wine
That mouse will have a tail (i.e. The thing will have a long train of consequences).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about consequences, trains, things
A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy.
Proverbs and old sayings English about happiness
The weather, fleecy clouds, and a made up woman don't last long.
Proverbs and old sayings French about weather, woman
Who loves not women, wine, and song, remains a fool his whole life long.
Proverbs and old sayings German about wine, life
Two cats and one mouse, two women in one house, two dogs to one bone, will not agree long.
Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house
If work were a good thing, the rich would have grabbed it a long time ago.
Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about things, work, wealth, time, good, good luck
In my life of vanity i saw everything: a righteous man dying in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long after his evil deeds.
Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, proudness, vanity, deeds, life, man
A person who is being carried to the market does not realize that the way is long.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about stores, being, people
No war is more bitter than the war of friends, but it does not last long.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about war, bitter
If you let them put the calf on your shoulders, it will not be long before they clap on the cow.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment
A rash man, a skin of good wine, and a glass vessel, do not last long.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wine, good, good luck, man
Expect not a very covetous person to be very honest for a long time. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in nae ither.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about school, experience, people, time
The pig says: give to me and I'll give to you, don't tell me how long it's taking.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
At C?ccamu there are the boors at Termini the brunette slaves; and at Palermo long-stemmed roses, beautiful on the outside and rotten on the inside.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
