433 Proverbs about Aught / Page 2
21. My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
22. A boy living near a buddhist temple can learn an untaught sutra by heart.
23. Count the skins of badgers which haven't been caught.
24. A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
25. One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.
26. A good son-in-law is like the acquisition of a new son; a bad one is like the loss of your daughter.
27. Ill-timed laughter is a dangerous evil.
28. A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
29. Runaway son, a shining jewel; runaway daughter, tarnished.
30. A small cottage wherein laughter lives is worth more than a castle full of tears.
31. As a daughter grows up she is like smuggled salt.
32. Eighteen daughters beautiful as goddesses are not as good as one crippled son.
33. Even a big elephant can be caught in one female hair.
34. No wise man takes responsibility for an eighteen-year-old daughter.
35. You will never be punished for making people die of laughter.
36. Forget the fishing gear as soon as the fish is caught.
37. It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.
38. Our parents taught us to speak and the world taught us to be silent.
39. A brilliant daughter make a brittle wife.
40. A house full of daughters is a cellar full of sour beer.
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