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Chinese Proverbs

  • Ask a question and you're
    a fool for three minutes;
    do not ask a question and you're
    a fool for the rest of your life.
    -Chinese Proverb


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


  • Better to do a good deed at home
    than go far away to burn incense.
    -Chinese Proveb


  • Enjoy yourself . . it's later than you think.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • Experience is a comb which nature
    gives to men when they are bald.
    -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


  • Govern a family as you
    would cook a small fish..
    very gently.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • Great souls have wills,
    feeble ones have only wishes.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • If there is light in the soul,
    there is beauty in the person.
    If there is beauty in the person,
    there is harmony in the house.
    If there is harmony in the house,
    there is order in the nation.
    If there is order in the nation,
    there will be peace in the world.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • 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 Proverb


  • Laws control the lesser man,
    Right conduct controls the greater one.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • Learning is a treasure
    that will follow its owner everywhere.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • Love your neighbors,
    but don't pull down the fence.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • The person who removes a mountain
    begins by carrying away small stones.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • Those who say it cannot be done,
    should not interrupt the person doing it.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • What the inferior man seeks is in others;
    what the superior man seeks is in himself.
    -Chinese Proverb


  • You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow
    from flying over your head, but you can
    prevent them from building nests in your hair.
    -Chinese Proverb






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