Without an ax no tree can be cut down.
More Tibetan Proverbs:
Don't praise my good fortune before I'm dead and buried.Tibetan
The unfortunate would be bitten by toothless dogs.
Tibetan
If the master gets drunk it is an honorable drunkenness; if the servant does it is evidence of his mean disposition.
Tibetan
Who can say for sure that one will live to see tomorrow.
Tibetan
Master and servant -- both have the same body odor.
Tibetan
If your inner mind isn't deceived, your outer actions won't be wrong.
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