129 Vietnamese Proverbs / Page 3
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Fortune favours the brave.42.
Give him an inch and he will take a yard.43.
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied.44.
Happy hours are very short.45.
Haste makes waste.46.
He laughs best who laughs last.47.
He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.48.
He wanted to cure a healthy pig and ended up with a sick one.49.
Hunger brings the wolf to the fold.50.
Hunger finds no fault with cookery.51.
Hungry bellies have no ears.52.
If you go out a lot at night, you will probably meet ghosts.53.
If you hold high office, the whole village will share your fame.54.
If you want to eat pickled herring, think about the thirst you will have.55.
If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.56.
If you want to travel fast use the old roads.57.
It is no disgrace to move out of the way of the elephant.58.
It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home.59.
It's better to have lots of children than to have lots of material goods.60.
It's better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fishmarket.