The maker of laws must be severe; who executes them must be generous.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
Man's heart is never satisfied; the snake would swallow the elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart, man
In his decision the judge with seven reasons gives only one in court.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about judges
Teach your descendants the two proper roads - literature and farming.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about literature
To know one's self is to know others, for heart can understand heart.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about self-control, heart
To be able to curse once a day improves happiness and lengthens life.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, life, day
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, world, mother
If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart
A wise man takes his own decisions; the ignorant goes with the crowd.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
He that has no silver in his purse, should have silver on his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
The water that a ship sails on is the same water that swallows it up.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water
One dog barks at something specific, and a hundred bark at the sound.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
If you are going to have a roast, a chicken is better than a phoenix.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
One's own meat dishes are not as delicious as other's vegetarian ones.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
The harvest of a whole year depends on what you sow in the springtime.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
A hobbling cat is better than a fast horse when rats swarm the palace.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fasting
If at home you receive no visitors, then abroad you will have no host.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, contentment
A fly before his own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
No melon-peddler cries: Bitter melons! No wine-dealer says: Sour wine!
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wine, bitter
