**[Eighteen Time-Honored Sayings Passed Down Through the Ages]**
1. When you go out, do not be in a good mood with your wife; a son-in-law should not visit his wife’s family grave.
2. Do not talk about husband-and-wife matters in bed; buy fewer things from acquaintances.
3. Husband and wife are lovers in bed, strangers after getting out of bed; once they leave the room, they do not recognize each other.
4. When a pig comes, poverty comes; when a dog comes, wealth comes; when a cat comes, it means mourning cloth.
5. A person without windfall wealth cannot become rich; a horse without night grass cannot grow fat.
6. If someone stays long, people grow annoyed; if they come too often, even relatives grow distant.
7. Do not pile garbage in front of the door, and do not hang underwear where others can see it.
8. A real man never beats his wife, and a good dog never bites chickens.
9. Do not touch a man’s head casually; do not wrap your arms around a woman’s waist.
10. When poor and struggling, do not rush into a crowd; after becoming rich and honored, travel at night in fine clothes.
11. An old horse knows the way; an old person understands the ways of the world.
12. When poor, do not join the crowd; when your words carry little weight, do not try to advise others.
13. A hemp rope breaks at its thinnest point, and petty people always target the kind-hearted.
14. Do not laugh at others wearing torn clothes; fortune changes over time.
15. Women with deep dimples have men following behind them.
16. When choosing a wife, do not choose a woman with a protruding backside; when marrying a husband, do not marry a man with a hunched back.
17. An abandoned field left uncultivated has no one working it; once someone plows it, people will争抢 it.
18. A rich man is a real man; a poor man has it hard.
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Old sayings have their wisdom, and they also have their limitations.
It is fine to listen to them, but there is no need to believe every word.
1. When you go out, do not be in a good mood with your wife; a son-in-law should not visit his wife’s family grave.
2. Do not talk about husband-and-wife matters in bed; buy fewer things from acquaintances.
3. Husband and wife are lovers in bed, strangers after getting out of bed; once they leave the room, they do not recognize each other.
4. When a pig comes, poverty comes; when a dog comes, wealth comes; when a cat comes, it means mourning cloth.
5. A person without windfall wealth cannot become rich; a horse without night grass cannot grow fat.
6. If someone stays long, people grow annoyed; if they come too often, even relatives grow distant.
7. Do not pile garbage in front of the door, and do not hang underwear where others can see it.
8. A real man never beats his wife, and a good dog never bites chickens.
9. Do not touch a man’s head casually; do not wrap your arms around a woman’s waist.
10. When poor and struggling, do not rush into a crowd; after becoming rich and honored, travel at night in fine clothes.
11. An old horse knows the way; an old person understands the ways of the world.
12. When poor, do not join the crowd; when your words carry little weight, do not try to advise others.
13. A hemp rope breaks at its thinnest point, and petty people always target the kind-hearted.
14. Do not laugh at others wearing torn clothes; fortune changes over time.
15. Women with deep dimples have men following behind them.
16. When choosing a wife, do not choose a woman with a protruding backside; when marrying a husband, do not marry a man with a hunched back.
17. An abandoned field left uncultivated has no one working it; once someone plows it, people will争抢 it.
18. A rich man is a real man; a poor man has it hard.
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Old sayings have their wisdom, and they also have their limitations.
It is fine to listen to them, but there is no need to believe every word.