Memorable Quotes and quotations from Chinese ProverbChinese ProverbChinese Proverb - - If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. Chinese Proverb - - Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown. Chinese Proverb - - He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them. Chinese Proverb - - With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. Chinese Proverb - - A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. Chinese Proverb - - The palest ink is better than the best memory. Chinese Proverb - - A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds. Chinese Proverb - - He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese Proverb - - A book tightly shut is but a block of paper. Chinese Proverb - - Do not employ handsome servants. Chinese Proverb - - A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb - - A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. Chinese Proverb - - Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed. Chinese Proverb - - Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind. Chinese Proverb - - To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. Chinese Proverb - - A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. Chinese Proverb - - A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. Chinese Proverb - - A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. Chinese Proverb - - Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. Chinese Proverb - - The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb - - A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections. Chinese Proverb - - Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb - - Dig the well before you are thirsty. Chinese Proverb - - Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve. Chinese Proverb - - Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still. Chinese Proverb - - The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb - - If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. Chinese Proverb - - When you drink the water, remember the spring. Chinese Proverb - - A book holds a house of gold. Chinese Proverb - - I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one. Chinese Proverb - - Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Chinese Proverb - - Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still. Chinese Proverb - The Graduates Book of Wisdom - The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb - - When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. Chinese Proverb - - A fool judges people by the presents they give him. Chinese Proverb - - He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain. Chinese Proverb - - He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese Proverb - - An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold. Chinese Proverb - - If you bow at all, bow low. Chinese Proverb - - Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. Chinese Proverb - - The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind. Chinese Proverb - - Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. Chinese Proverb - - If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through. Chinese Proverb - - Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. Chinese Proverb - - Be the first to the field and the last to the couch. Chinese Proverb - - Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Chinese Proverb - - A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. |
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