692 Proverbs about Want / Page 4
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When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.62.
You want no one to know it? Then don't do it.63.
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.64.
He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.65.
If a rat wants to die it bites a cat's tail.66.
If you don't want to be cheated, ask the price at three shops.67.
If you want dinner, don't insult the cook.68.
If you want to go up in the world, veil ambition with the forms of humanity.69.
It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.70.
Lazy people always want to do everything at the same time.71.
Never do anything that you want to remain a secret.72.
Our wishes are like little children -- the more you indulge the more they want from you.73.
Some people want to be praised for the rest of their lives for what they have done well for one day.74.
The dragon teaches you that if you want to climb high you have to do it against the wind.75.
The human heart is never satisfied, just like the snake that wants to swallow an elephant.76.
Whoever buys a house must examine the beams; whoever wants a wife must look at her mother.77.
You must scale the mountain if you want to view the plain.78.
If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men.79.
Gentlemen don't want to give much and are ashamed to give little.80.
If you want to hear the truth about yourself -- offend your neighbor.Quotes related to Want by Power Quotations