A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, man
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One step in the wrong direction will cause you a thousand years of regret.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about regret, bad, contentment
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, wealth
If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, contentment
It is better to be a bull for a year than a cow for a hundred years.
Proverbs and old sayings Croatian
I wish that he would sink as deep in the ground as a hare can run in ten years.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wish
You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years.
Proverbs and old sayings English about fire, fire brigade, contentment, man
A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
Proverbs and old sayings English about man
Who shears the sheep's head will live a couple of days, who shears its tail will live a hundred years.
Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about couple, day, heads
That often happens in a day which does not happen in a hundred years.
Proverbs and old sayings French about day
He who eats of the king's goose will void a feather forty years after.
Proverbs and old sayings French
To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed at ten, makes a man live years ten times ten.
Proverbs and old sayings French about man
Summer sown corn and women's advice turn out once in every seven years.
Proverbs and old sayings German about advice
He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years.
Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves
The dog's tail stays crooked even if he is buried for twelve years.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
That happens in a moment which may not happen in a hundred years.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about moment
One moment of intense happiness prolongs life by a thousand years.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about moment, happiness, life
Sometimes it takes only an hour to get a reputation that lasts for a thousand years.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about prestige
There is no flower that remains red for ten days, and no power that lasts for ten years.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about garden, power, day
There is no flower that lasts ten days and no might lasts ten years.
Proverbs and old sayings Korean about garden, day
