489 Proverbs about Gain / Page 7
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It is only the toad that gets up from its knees and falls back again on its knees.122.
The spider that knows what it will gain sits waiting patiently in its web. The praying mantis is never tired waiting all day.123.
Patient people are patient to gain longevity.124.
The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength.125.
When a man loses his prestige, he does not regain it by going to where he is not known.126.
Once a cock begins to crow, it never again becomes dumb.127.
A pig that is used to wallowing in the mud looks for a clean person to rub against.128.
Birth is the only remedy against death.129.
The only insurance against fire is to have two houses.130.
When you are sick you promise a goat, but when you are well again make do with a chicken.131.
If you see wrongdoing or evil and say nothing against it, you become its victim.132.
Greed loses what it has gained..133.
Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.134.
A hunter who is never satisfied with is gain will one day be forced to carry home an elephant.135.
A sin against a brother or sister is an offence against the gods.136.
Don't enter a defecating competition against an elephant.137.
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.138.
If a dog bites you once it's his fault, but if it bites you again it's your fault.139.
If you knock your head against a wall, then a coconut tree and pillar and your head still remains undamaged my child, go and hide that head of yours; it is a good head.140.
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