23 Cambodian Proverbs / Page 2
- 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.
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