The block of wood should not dictate to the carver.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand
What is learned in youth is carved in stone.
Proverbs and old sayings about youth
Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone.
Proverbs and old sayings about insults
Rotten wood cannot be carved.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
He who carves the Buddha never worships him.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
He was carved of hard wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
A fool carveth a piece of his heart to every one that sits near him.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heart
A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle.
Proverbs and old sayings Korean about kitchen
A hunter's knife cannot carve its own handle.
Proverbs and old sayings Korean about hunters
The bust of Mercury cannot be carved in every wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
A spoken word, carved wood.
Proverbs and old sayings about word
The person who knows himself and his opponent will be invincible. Carve a peg only after you have observed the hole.
Proverbs and old sayings Korean about people, contentment
The bush fowl saw the chicken being carved up and laughed. The chicken told the bush fowl to stop laughing. For the same hands now carving up the chicken would be used to carve up the bush fowl.