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• Too much discussion means a quarrel. • Until the snake is dead, do not drop the stick. • The twig that falls in the water will never become a fish.
• Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat, it is just that no one ever gives them meat. • He who gives a monkey as a present doesn't keep hold of its tail. • If you are not going to bite, don't show your teeth.
• The death of an elderly man is like a burning library. • Mutual affection gives each his share. • Taking water from the same well doesn't make all the wives' gravy taste good.
• A poor man's sheep will never get fat. • In the village that you don't know, the chickens have teeth.
• Everybody loves a fool, but nobody wants him for a son. • Better a bad wife than an empty house.
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