No iron is so strong that it cannot be melted down, and no business so dirty that can be fixed with money.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about affair, money
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Ask no favors and people everywhere are affable; if you don't drink, it doesn't matter what price wine is.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drinking, wine, people, contentment
Learn to paint a tiger and you only paint his skin; learn to know a human being and you only know his face.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, being, face, contentment
A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a dog on a treeless plain.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water
The great scholar forgets about fame, the average scholar works for it, and the unworthy scholar steals it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fame
One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question
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
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things
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
He who has a lot of money and no children is not rich; he who has many children and no money is not a pauper.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, money, wealth
One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water, contentment
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about olderness, age, woman, old
Never does a woman lie in a more cunning way than when she tells the truth to someone who doesn't believe her.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, lie, truth, woman
If you must play, decide on three things at the start the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, games, things, time, contentment
A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden, contentment
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about spring, shadow, happiness, rain
As long as time is not pressing one does not burn incense; when it becomes urgent one kisses the feet of Buddha.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about kiss, time
Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night
To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well and is as essential to all true conversation.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about essential, influence, conversation
The wound caused by a sword can eventually be healed; the hurt resulted from vicious remarks can never be undone.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
