94 Proverbs about Plain
1. 
Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.
2. 
No one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck.
3. 
Who refuses to submit to justice, must not complain of oppression.
4. 
One who eats plain food is healthy.
5. 
You must scale the mountain if you want to view the plain.
6. 
You must climb the mountain if you would see the plain.
7. 
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain.
8. 
It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.
9. 
It's as difficult to be rich without bragging as it is to be poor without complaining.
10. 
You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain.
11. 
If you never go up a hill, you will never know what a plain is like.
12. 
A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a dog on a treeless plain.
13. 
He complains early that complains of his kail.
14. 
Unfit are some who complain of common food.
15. 
Pierce the naggers tongue with a thistle and you will hear no more complaints.
16. 
All complain for want of memory, but none for want of judgement.
17. 
A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. "Why are you burning damp wood?" was his first comment.
18. 
A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
19. 
There is no elephant that complains about the weight of its trunk. No elephant is burdened by the weight of its tusks.
20. 
He who brings firewood infected with maggots in his house should not complain when lizards start visiting him.
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