Vietnamese Proverbs

''As the call, so the echo

Who breaks, pays

Comfort is better than pride

Think today and speak tomorrow

Beggars can't be choosers

Tit for tat

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

Jack of all trades is master of none

A friend in need is a friend indeed

One good turn deserves another

Between two stools, you fall to the ground

Necessity knows no laws

A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel

Hungry bellies have no ears

No man is a hero to his valet

A fair face may hide a foul heart

Beauty is but skin-deep

Better a lean peace than a fat victory

A clean hand wants no washing

Everybody's business is nobody's business

Many a good father has but a bad son

So many men, so many minds

Every dog is a lion at home

To carry coals to Newcastle

Familiarity breeds contempt

Catch the bear before you sell his skin

Do not halloo till you are out of the wood

The leopard cannot change its spots

Fortune favours the brave

A mouse in time may bite in two a cable

Adversity brings wisdom

No sweet without sweat

Scratch my back; I'll scratch yours

Fine words butter no parsnips

Money makes the mare go

Fine feathers make fine birds

One scabby sheep is enough to spoil the whole flock

He laughs best who laughs last

Like cures like

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit

Haste makes waste

A good beginning is half the battle

It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home

Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

Hunger brings the wolf to the fold

Hunger finds no fault with cookery

Many hands make light work

Likes draws to like

To fish in troubled waters

Give him an inch and he will take a yard

Lies have short legs

He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you

Fire is a good servant but a bad master''