Famous Proverbs
768 Proverbs about Ance / Page 51
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An abundance of food at your neighbour's will not satisfy your hunger.502.
Where a river flows, there is abundance.503.
Where there is abundance, there is poverty.504.
Youths look at the future, the elderly at the past, our ancestors live in the present.505.
The tracks of the elephant cancels those of the antelope.506.
Even though the peel of the palm nut has no pulpy substance in it, it is stripped off all the same.507.
If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming...508.
A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.509.
The feeling of commiseration is the feeling of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right and wrong is the beginning of wisdom. Men have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs.510.
Appearances aren't everything.