Chinese Proverb

Quotes

• If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.

• He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

• If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.

• Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.

• The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth.

• He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

• The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

• When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

• Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

• If you bow at all, bow low.

• Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.

• To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

• Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.

• When you drink the water, remember the spring.

• Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

• The palest ink is better than the best memory.

• Do not employ handsome servants.

• He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

• Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.