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The man who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, man

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

The best cure for drunkenness is to observe a drunken person when you are sober.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drunkenness, people, contentment

To know another is not to know that person's face, but to know that person's heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, heart, face

A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, heart

Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

The greater your troubles, the greater is your opportunity to show yourself a worthy person.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about problems, chance, people

If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about vision, drinking, wine, people, contentment

A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about games, people

There are three kinds of person that you must not challenge: civil servants, customers and widows.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about customers, people, contentment

A person cannot be judged by his appearance in the same token as the sea cannot be measured with a bucket.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

Drinking with a bosom friend, a thousand shots are too few; Talking with a disagreeable person, half a sentence is too many.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drinking, talking, people

Although there exist many thousands of subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, conversation, talking

The person who gives away his belongings will slowly become a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about people

The person who recognizes his major mistakes is on the road to wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about wisdom, people

A person peeing right against a wall most certainly has an Adam's apple.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, people

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Proverbs and old sayings about influence, thinking, people, contentment

The person who God shows a treasure to must dig it out himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about treasure, people, god

Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about opinion, people