Famous Proverbs
515 Proverbs about Heir / Page 30
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If men were now to turn their hostility towards the cat, it would not be long before the domestic cat becomes a wild animal.292.
Those who are carrying elephants home on their heads, need not use their toes to dig up crickets on the way.293.
When a fowl gets to a new town, it stands on one leg until it knows that it is a town where people stand on their two legs.294.
If the owner of two adjacent farms cannot be friends, then they must wait till their next reincarnation to be able to make friends.295.
It is the habit that a child forms at home, that follows them to their marriage.296.
Our elders quote the cock as saying that "it would not be good if one becomes the only person in the world, and that is why they crow every morning to show their number".297.
Money has the capability of making people laugh; but when they laugh, the foolish ones sometimes forget to close their mouths.298.
The glow-works light the nights, but more so the night that their mother prepares porridge.299.
Married people need a home of their own.300.
All people have their friend and their enemy within themselves.