624 Proverbs about House / Page 31
601. When the plough enters a house, so does the condition of the family become vile.
602. The house-roof fights with the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.
603. The person who can see a house in China is unaware of an elephant on his nose.
604. A small house is enough room for a thousand friends.
605. Choose the neighbor before the house.
606. If there is no traitor in your house, the witches will never be able to get at you.
607. When the snake is in the house one need not discuss the matter at length.
608. If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
609. The owner of the house knows where his roof leaks.
610. People helping one another can bring an elephant into the house.
611. A slaughterhouse is not without a little blood.
612. The rambling pole-cat leaves its house when there is banquet.
613. Do not drink water in the house of a merchant: he will charge you for it.
614. One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
615. The grass torch that burns a bad house, also burns a good one.
616. In twenty-four hours, a house can become a patriarch.
617. Green maize abounds at the houses of those without teeth.
618. Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.
619. When we Indians kill meat, we eat it all up. When we dig roots, we make little holes. When we build houses, we make little holes. When we burn grass for grasshoppers, we don't ruin things. We shake down acorns and pine nuts. We don't chop down the trees. We only use dead wood.
620. A man without a wife is a man without a house.
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