515 Proverbs about Heir / Page 21
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Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.402.
The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path.403.
Birds in their little nests agree.404.
High places have their precipices.405.
The love of the wicked is more dangerous than their hatred.406.
A woman and a cherry are painted for their own harm.407.
Never lay sorrow to your heart when others lay it to their heels.408.
Lawyers' gowns are lined with the wilfulness of their clients.409.
The feeling of commiseration is the feeling of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right and wrong is the beginning of wisdom. Men have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs.410.
Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.411.
If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you.412.
Men prefer the wife of another but love their own sons more.413.
Thousands of men were murdered because of their beautiful wives.414.
What people get by hard work they don't get for their neighbors.415.
Thoughts are like arrows: once released, they strike their mark. guard them well or one day you may be your own victim.416.
The dead add their strength and counsel to the living. The dead add their strength and counsel to the living.417.
When a new saying gets to the land of empty men they lose their heads over it.418.
When the brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father's estate.419.
Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.420.
The Kikuyu know how to conceal their quiver, but do not know how to conceal their secrets.Quotes related to Heir by Power Quotations