Chinese Proverbs on Man (127 Proverbs)
- A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises of life as water to the decanter it is poured in.
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- Laws control the lesser man..
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- A year's harvest counts on spring; a man's success counts on his diligence.
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- Man fools himself
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- Bald-headed men are ready-made buddhist priests.
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- Man's heart is never satisfied; the snake would swallow the elephant.
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- Behind every able man, there are always other able men.
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- Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it.
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- Gems are polished by rubbing, just as men are made brilliant by trials.
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- Misfortune comes to all men.
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- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
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- No man is a hero to his woman.
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- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
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- Ruthlessness is key to a man's accomplishment.
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- Happy is the man without sickness
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- The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
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- If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave
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- The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.
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- If a man fools me once, shame on him
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- There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
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- If a man plants melons he will reap melons; if he sows beans, he will reap beans.
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- There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.
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- If the dog leads the man, the man is blind
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- What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.
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- If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men.
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- Wine does not intoxicate a man -- a man intoxicates himself.
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- A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.
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- It takes a tree ten years to mature; it takes a man one hundred years to form.
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- Without the aid of the divine, man cannot walk even an inch.
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- A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made perfect without trials.
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- It takes three years to learn to be a man of integrity; it only takes three days to degrade.
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- A man should choose a friend who is better than himself
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- Laws are useless when men are pure, unenforceable when men are corrupt.
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- A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
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- A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor; a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is rich.
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- A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one.
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- A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it.
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- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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- A person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it.
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- Get the coffin ready and watch the man mend.
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- A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
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- Deep down all men are alike -- and that is the problem.
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- A man is old when he takes the whole night to do what he used to do all night long.
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- Better to be a dog in peacetime that a man in wartime.
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- A man is happy when he has books, but happier still when he does not need them.
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- Behind an able man there are always other able men.
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- A man can never be perfect in a hundred years; but he may become corrupt in less than a day.
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- Because men do not like the cold, Heaven does not cause winter to cease.
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- A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.
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- Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
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- A good dog does not bite a chicken and a good man does not hit his wife.
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- Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man.
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- A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
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- A young woman with an old man is really someone else's woman.
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- A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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- A woman that always laughs is everybody's wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot.
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- A well mannered man does not step on the shadow of his fellow man.
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- A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
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- The way of a slothful man is as a hedge of thorns.
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- Never has a man more need of his intelligence than when a fool asks him a question.
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- If you share a man's wealth, try to lessen his misfortune.
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- Happy is the man who knows he's happy.
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- The pen can kill a man; no knife is needed.
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- Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.
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- Laws control the lesser man; right conduct controls the greater one.
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- Great blessings come from Heaven; small blessings come from man.
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- The life of an old man can be compared with the flame of a candle in a drought.
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- Men see only the present; heaven sees the future.
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- Killing a man to save the world, does not save the world.
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- Good behavior is a virtue for the man -- bad behavior is the virtue of a woman.
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- The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
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- Men know not all their faults, oxen all their strength.
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- Just scales and full measure injure no man.
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- Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.
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- The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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- Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly.
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- Just because men do not like the cold, Heaven will not stop the winter.
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- The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
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- Men fated to be happy need not haste.
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- Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools.
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