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Quote of the Day: Khmer Proverbs and Adages IV
Such depth to your words, but your ideas proved shallow.
Ride the water buffalo to cross the muddy field.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Seeing an elephant defecate, do not defecate like the elephant.
Blandness with a handful, saltiness with just a pinch.
Wash your hair with clear water; wash your feet with murky water.
There are men in the land; there are women all over the kingdom.
Water flows through the runoff, rabbit escapes through the gap.
When the cat’s away, the mouse becomes king.
Blame for errors always falls on those who acted; those who did nothing, what do they have to be wrong about?
Drip by drip filled the bamboo tube.
When the water rises, fish eats ant; when the water recedes, ant eats fish.
Cast your fishing rod over the mountain.
Bow to the Buddha, pray to the Gods.
In love, do not visit too often; in yearning, do visit once in a while.
When you caught the fish, you complained that it was too small; when the fish got away, you complained that you lost such a big one.
A pure girl is as bland as a river water, someone else’s wife is as fragrant as a roasted coconut.
Here are Part I, Part II and Part III.
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Oh, but these are good and so aligned with human nature.
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I love how concise these are.
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Something about this one speaks to me. Maybe a call to patience? Thanks, @lidenscheng.
Oh roasted coconut, how I love thee.
I especially like the two about fish.
What does “Cast your fishing rod over the mountain” mean?
Dream big!
How did the ancient Khmer know Barack Obama??
His type has existed as long as mankind has.
In some ways we think very much alike.
How about the type whose words are as shallow as his ideas? Joe Biden is the modern archtype, and he has some competition for that honor in his election opponent.
Not really. Trump’s rhetoric often seems simple, but it is conveying profound truths about to run a country, as opposed to how to run one into the ground.
Do you know Joe Biden’s plan for handling unemployment?
More jobs.
Gee, thanks for that insight, Joe.