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Priests return to the temple, merchants to the shop.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Jails are always closed yet full, while temples are always open yet empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

One never comes to pray in the Temple of Three Treasures if he is not in trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about treasure, pray, problems

The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, day

None ever took a stone out of the temple but the dust did fly in his eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings English about eyes

A boy living near a buddhist temple can learn an untaught sutra by heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about heart

Even Buddhist priests of the same temple quarrel occasionally.

Proverbs and old sayings

Pee on the ruins before they build a temple over them.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The baldness of a head begins at the temples.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about heads

If you must be a servant, serve the rich; if you must be a dog, let it be a temple dog.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, contentment