Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about error, being, end
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Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about talking, things, love
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, wealth
An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand miles.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about glory
He that labours is tempted by one devil; he that is idle is tempted by a thousand.
Proverbs and old sayings English about devil
In hawks, hounds, arms, and love, for one pleasure a thousand pains.
Proverbs and old sayings French about pleasure, love
In a tree that you can't climb, there are always a thousand fruits.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
Better be proficient in one art than a smatterer in a thousand.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about art, magic
One moment of intense happiness prolongs life by a thousand years.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about moment, happiness, life
Sometimes it takes only an hour to get a reputation that lasts for a thousand years.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about prestige
Even though words have no wings, they can still fly a thousand miles. Even if you encounter a stone bridge, tap it first before crossing. Through old things, we learn new things.
Proverbs and old sayings Korean about things, old, olderness
For the sake of a single rose, the gardener becomes servant to a thousand thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan
If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian
The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the idle man by a thousand.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil, man
It is better to live for one day as a tiger than to live for a thousand years as a sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about day
He who has no children has one sorrow, he who has children has a thousand sorrows.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about children, sadness
When hitting the horn of a single cow, the horns of a thousand cows hurt.
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