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The man will surely fail, who dares delay, And lose to-morrow that has lost to-day.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, man

A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about games, man

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mistake, man

A man need never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about revenge, body, enemies, need, man

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, books, man

A woman that always laughs is everybody's wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wife, woman, man

A man of honor will feel ashamed by a single question to which he does not know the answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question, man

A man can never be perfect in a hundred years; but he may become corrupt in less than a day.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about corruption, perfection, day, man

It takes three years to learn to be a man of integrity; it only takes three days to degrade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about integrity, day, 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 life, water, 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 nothing, good, good luck, 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 mind, man, contentment

A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about circumstances, water, man

The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about circumstances, water, 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 conversation, wish, contentment, man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about time, man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about word, man

The white man never forgets Europe.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man

The fly has no pity for the thin man.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man

The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man