541 Proverbs about Need / Page 6
101. You need to bait the hook to catch the fish.
102. Advice is least heeded when most needed.
103. Needs must when the devil drives.
104. Friends are like centipedes, they have many legs when work needs to be done.
105. He who sups with the devil has need of a long spoon.
106. A friend is known when needed.
107. You do not need a big stick to break a cock's head.
108. It is one word of advice that one needs to give to a wise man, and that word keeps multiplying in his mind.
109. Those who are carrying elephants home on their heads, need not use their toes to dig up crickets on the way.
110. When it is the turn of a man to become the head of a village, he does not need to diviner to tell him that he is destined to rule.
111. Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.
112. A blacksmith has no need of an axe.
113. A needle cannot hold two threads or a mind two thoughts.
114. If the moon is with you, you need not care about the stars.
115. It is the path of the needle that the thread is accustomed to follow.
116. When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length.
117. The thread follows the needle.
118. If the needle doesn't pass, the thread doesn't follow.
119. When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it.
120. If someone is walking towards you, you don't need to tell him "come here."
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