He who is not satisfied with himself will grow; he who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things
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Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about pleasure, marriage, garden, wine
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, games, things, time, contentment
In the midst of great joy do not promise a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about promise, joy, anger, man
It is better to save your innocence at the cost of your honor, than to save your country at the cost of your life.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about innocence, country, life
A dog won't forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother because of her homely appearance.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about poverty, mother
The conversation of the wise concerns ideas; that of the intelligent is about ideas; the common folk talk about food.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, common sense, food
A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about civilization, flowers, country
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about truth
Do something good and your neighbor will never know, do something bad and they will hear about it a hundred miles away.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about bad luck, bad, good, good luck
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about worry, future, nothing
In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about promise, joy, anger, man
If your mind is strong, all difficult things will become easy; if your mind is weak, all easy things will become difficult.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind, things
If you curse your wife in the evening, you will sleep alone at night. A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about chance, sleep, night, wife, contentment
Do not do all you can, do not spend all that you have, do not believe all that you hear, and do not tell all that you know.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, contentment
Diligence is the vehicle on the paths of Mountains of Books; endurance is the vessel on the courses of the Seas of Learning.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books
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
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness, heads, contentment
When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, contentment, old, olderness
