Meaning: The dead man's shoes are better than him

Context: Material things outlast life — worldly possessions are fleeting

Meaning: He who carries an axe never lacks firewood

Context: Preparedness ensures success — tools empower survival

Meaning: Vengeance grows within you

Context: Holding grudges poisons the self — forgiveness frees the heart

Meaning: The elder has more wisdom

Context: Respect age — experience brings insight

Meaning: Husband and wife are neither enemies nor at complete peace

Context: Marriage mixes harmony and conflict — balance defines love

Meaning: You can't wrestle with one who's lying down

Context: Don't fight those who've given up — conflict needs opposition

Meaning: You can't teach one older than you

Context: Age resists correction — humility opens learning

Meaning: The man who consults no one is like a man loading a ram

Context: Independent thinking without wisdom leads to folly

Meaning: Your enemy knows your faults, your friend your secrets

Context: Both closeness and hatred expose you — guard your privacy

Meaning: The one who warned you didn't kill you

Context: Advice saves — heed warnings before it's too late

Meaning: Don't sleep where someone else slept

Context: Don't trust borrowed safety — caution preserves survival

Meaning: If a man won't sit, he'll eventually lie down

Context: Persistence wins — patience outlasts resistance

Meaning: The madman's clan holds his sanity

Context: Community protects the weak — unity compensates for loss

Meaning: Peace is life, war is fear

Context: Tranquility sustains life — conflict destroys it

Meaning: A fool hates his own soul

Context: Self-destructive people ruin themselves through ignorance

Meaning: The wise man suffers because of the fool

Context: Fools cause trouble for the intelligent — wisdom bears others' burdens

Meaning: When corrected, the fool hates the one who advised him

Context: Arrogant people resent guidance — humility accepts correction

Meaning: An enemy is seen, hatred is sensed

Context: True hostility hides behind smiles — intuition detects it

Meaning: Peace is the mother of life

Context: Stability nurtures existence — life thrives in harmony

Meaning: Every man scratches where it itches

Context: People attend to their own issues — self-interest rules behavior