Mallet strikes chisel; chisel splits wood.
More Chinese Proverbs:
Why jump in the water before the ship turns over.Chinese
A good neighbor is a found treasure.
Chinese
With money, a dragon -- without it, a worm.
Chinese
Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.
Chinese
If you want to go up in the world, veil ambition with the forms of humanity.
Chinese
O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?
Chinese