21 Sayings of Laotian Origin

1. "You can bend a young twig, but it is hard to bend an old tree." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water falls, the ants eat the fish." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Learning means loving the country." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "A person's stripes are inside; those of a tiger are outside." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "You know, you teach. You do not know, you learn." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Happiness flies away from those who want it most." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "A tray full of money is not worth a mind full of knowledge." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "One piece of wood will not make a fire." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "When the buffaloes fight it is the grass that suffers." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "When you have money, you can speak; When you have wood, you can build your home." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "A single rotten fish makes a basketful turn bad." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Although he who walks behind an elephant may feel very secure, he is likely to get splattered with elephant dung." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "When you've heard it you must see it; when you've seen it make a judgement with your heart." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "The voice of a poor man does not carry very far." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Listen with one ear; be suspicious with the other." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Live with vultures, become a vulture; live with crows, become a crow." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "If you must be a servant, serve the rich; if you must be a dog, let it be a temple dog." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "One has to cross upstream, higher up, to come downstream properly." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Ten mouths speaking are not as good as seeing with one's own eyes; ten eyes that see are not as good as what one has in one's hand." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "You get nothing watering a stump." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "If you like to have things easy, you'll have difficulties; if you like problems, you will succeed." (Laotian Sayings) Click to tweet