Chinese Proverbs on Money & Wealth (38 Proverbs)
- Be frugal in prosperity, fear not in adversity.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Great wealth is a gift from heaven; moderate wealth results from frugality.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain
(Chinese Proverb)
- One courts misfortune by flaunting wealth.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Riches: A dream in the night
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- Those who know when they have enough are rich.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Wealth and obscurity cannot equal poverty and fame.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When you are poor, you will have no visitors even if you live in a crowded city; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by visitors from alleged relatives even if you live in a remote location.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Who has children cannot long remain poor; who has none cannot long remain rich.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor; a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is rich.
(Chinese Proverb)
- A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The poor ones give their alms in a humble way, the rich man throws them down with contempt.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The poor can only guess at what wealth is; the rich don't know what poverty means.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The only thing that was missing at the rich man's funeral was mourners.
(Chinese Proverb)
- The emperor is rich, but he cannot buy one extra year.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Riches add to the house, virtues to the man.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Rich men accumulate money; the poor accumulate years.
(Chinese Proverb)
- No iron is so strong that it cannot be melted down, and no business so dirty that can be fixed with money.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Money can buy a lot that is not even for sale.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you share a man's wealth, try to lessen his misfortune.
(Chinese Proverb)
- If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
(Chinese Proverb)
- I have money, you have money; so we are friends.
(Chinese Proverb)
- He who has nothing to lose is rich.
(Chinese Proverb)
- He who has a lot of money and no children is not rich; he who has many children and no money is not a pauper.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Happy is the man without sickness. Rich is the man with no debts.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Good manners can be paid for with compliments, but only the sound of money will pay your debts.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Though the emperor be rich, he cannot buy one extra year.
(Chinese Proverb)
- When money is stolen you can only beat the dog.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Unjustly obtained wealth is as snow sprinkled with hot water.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.
(Chinese Proverb)
- With money, a dragon -- without it, a worm.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Win your lawsuit and lose your money.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Covetous men's chests are rich, not they.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Losing comes of winning money.
(Chinese Proverb)
- Rich not gaudy.
(Chinese Proverb)
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