23 Famous Cambodian Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Cambodian Proverbs

11. If you are doing wrong, make sure you don't get fat from it.
12. If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will spare yourself one hundred days of tears.
13. If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
14. Negotiate a river by following its bends, enter a country by following its customs.
15. People give, but don't be in a hurry to take.
16. Stealing may bring profit, but hanging costs far more.
17. The boat sails by, the shore remains.
18. The elephant that is stuck in the mud will tear down the tree with it.
19. The immature rice stalk stands erect, while the mature stalk, heavy with grain, bends over.
20. The tiger depends on the forest; the forest depends on the tiger.