If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
More Chinese Proverbs:
Away from home they look at your clothes. At home they look at what is under them.Chinese
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
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No melon peddler cries, "Bitter melons." No wine dealer says, "Sour wine."
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Don't use oiled paper to wrap up fire.
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One bamboo does not make a forest.
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He who cannot suffer discomfort, will not be called for important things.
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