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– Chinese Proverbs –
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Outside noisy, inside empty.
~ Chinese Proverbs
There are never enough blessings, but there are too many troubles.
~ Chinese Proverbs
He who strikes the first blow admits he’s lost the argument.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
~ Chinese Proverbs
To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Character can be revealed by time.
~ Chinese Proverbs
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
~ Chinese Proverbs
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
~ Chinese Proverbs
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.
~ Chinese Proverbs
To forget one’s ancestor’s is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
~ Chinese Proverbs
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
~ Chinese Proverbs
When you drink the water, remember the spring.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If there is light in the soul; There will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person; There will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house; There will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation; There will be peace in the world.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If you don’t want anyone to know it, don’t do it.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If you don’t want anyone to know it, don’t do it.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding.
~ Chinese Proverbs
I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
~ Chinese Proverbs
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much supplies us with plenty of future worries.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
~ Chinese Proverbs
It is the beautiful bird which gets caged.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A people without faith in themselves cannot survive.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
~ Chinese Proverbs
When your horse is on the brink of a precipice it is too late to pull the reins.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
~ Chinese Proverbs
They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who find pleasure in it.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A man must insult himself before others will.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Virtue cannot live in solitude; neighbors are sure to grow up around it.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Words are the voice of the heart.
~ Chinese Proverbs
When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Vegetables of one’s own raising are not relished — those from other’s gardens are the best.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Go home and make a net if you desire to get fishes.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
~ Chinese Proverbs
When anger arises, think of the consequences.
~ Chinese Proverbs
One’s good deeds are only known at home; one’s bad deeds far away.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions as a hollow building echoes all sounds.
~ Chinese Proverbs
It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Much wealth will not come if a little does not go.
~ Chinese Proverbs
It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A needle is sharp only at one end.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Look for a thing till you find it and you’ll not lose your labor.
~ Chinese Proverbs
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Rotten wood cannot be carved.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
~ Chinese Proverbs
It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.
~ Chinese Proverbs
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A man’s faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A diamond with a flaw is preferable to a common stone with none.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Those who know when they have enough are rich.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If you want happiness for an hour – take a nap. If you want happiness for a day – go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month – get married.
If you want happiness for a year – inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime – help someone else.
~ Chinese Proverbs
