One thing well done is a hundred done; one thing that fails dooms the rest.
More Chinese Proverbs:
The pure, upon seeing it pure, call it pure.Chinese
If you bow at all, bow low.
Chinese
You cannot pick up salt with dry fingers.
Chinese
When men are friendly the water is sweet.
Chinese
Scratching an itch from outside the boot.
Chinese
The water that bears the ship is the same that engulfs it.
Chinese