Meaning: The one who wanders side paths finally returns to the main road

Context: Life detours lead back to truth — everyone finds the right path eventually

Meaning: A long neck doesn't surpass the head

Context: However high you rise, authority remains above — pride has limits

Meaning: The leg that crosses the ditch breaks

Context: Overstepping limits causes harm — know your boundaries

Meaning: Bow down so that you can sit in the house

Context: Humility earns a place — respect opens doors

Meaning: At sixty, you can't regain what you missed at two

Context: Early growth shapes life — missed foundations can't be rebuilt

Meaning: The one who speared the lion and the one who skinned it both know

Context: True witnesses know the truth — don't lie about what others saw

Meaning: Only the ignorant bring down a lion

Context: Foolish boldness leads to ruin — ignorance breeds recklessness

Meaning: A lion isn't chased from two dens

Context: Don't provoke the powerful twice — wisdom avoids danger

Meaning: A lion with a sore in its mouth doesn't eat prey

Context: Even the strong are weakened by pain — everyone has limits

Meaning: The lion growled at generosity

Context: Arrogance rejects kindness — pride ruins blessing

Meaning: A lion that hasn't tasted blood doesn't roar at night

Context: Experience gives confidence — strength comes from success

Meaning: The frog jumps from the water that's its own

Context: People fear even what sustains them — insecurity breeds distrust

Meaning: The sheep is slaughtered where it lies down

Context: Fate meets you where you settle — your choices define your end

Meaning: A slaughtered sheep doesn't feel skinning

Context: The worst has already happened — suffering has limits

Meaning: The inevitable is like dry grass in drought

Context: Some things can't be avoided — fate must be accepted

Meaning: Don't shoot an arrow that might return to you

Context: Don't start what may harm you — avoid self-destructive actions

Meaning: Camel bones break against each other

Context: Conflict often arises among equals — internal fights hurt most

Meaning: A broken bone never becomes the same again

Context: Some damage leaves a mark forever — healing doesn't erase history

Meaning: Money gives birth to money, and figs to seeds

Context: Wealth grows wealth — success breeds more success

Meaning: Two sick people don't comfort each other

Context: The weak can't strengthen one another — seek balance before helping others