Chinese Proverbs (1813 Proverbs)
- Let him who does not know what war is go to war.
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- Killing a man to save the world, does not save the world.
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- It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load.
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- It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room, especially when it is not there.
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- In shallow holes moles make fools of dragons.
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- If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.
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- 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.
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- If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
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- If an enemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.
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- He who was presented with an ox must give in return a horse.
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- He who loves peace minds his own business.
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- He who does not regularly put on clean socks will never get used to circus life.
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- He that has no silver in his purse, should have silver on his tongue.
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- Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
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- The virtue of a woman does not go deep but her passion knows no limit.
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- The poor can only guess at what wealth is; the rich don't know what poverty means.
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- The net of heaven is large and wide, but it lets nothing through.
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- The main road is an easy way, but everyone loves the side streets.
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- The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.
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- The first favor is a favor, the second an obligation.
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- The country where flowers are expensive lacks the foundation of culture.
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- Thatch your roof before rainy weather, dig your well before you become parched with thirst.
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- Solve one problem, and you keep a hundred others away.
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- Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never.
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- Plant the crab-tree where you will it will never bear pippins.
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- Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
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- One generation builds the street on which the next will walk.
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- Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.
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- Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.
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- Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly.
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- Man concocts a million schemes; god knows but one.
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- Leave a bit of the tail to whisk off flies.
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- Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.
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- It never rains on your neighbors without you getting your feet wet.
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- It is better to save your innocence at the expense of your honor than your country at the expense of your life.
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- In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a preliminary draft.
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- If you stay long enough in one place the whole world passes you by.
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- If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.
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- If there is a wave there must be a wind.
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- If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
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- He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.
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- He who knows his heart mistrusts his eyes.
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- He who does not know what to do in his spare time is not a businessman.
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- He that has no money might as well be buried in a rice tub with his mouth sewn up.
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- Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom.
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- The unfaithful woman has remorse, the faithful one has regret.
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- The pleasure of doing good is the only one that will not wear out.
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- The most important thing in life is to be buried well.
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- The loss of one night's sleep is followed by ten days of inconvenience.
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- The happiness in your pocket, don't spend it all.
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- The first decision of a woman is the most intelligent and the last decision most dangerous.
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- The corn is not choked by the weeds but by the negligence of the farmer.
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- Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers.
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- So lovers, to their fair one fondly blind, E'en on her ugliness with transport gaze.
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- Ripe fruit falls by itself, but it does not fall into your mouth.
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- Plan your year in the spring, your day at dawn.
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- Only through the eyes of others can we really see our own faults.
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- One family builds the wall, two families enjoy it.
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- O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?
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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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- Men fated to be happy need not haste.
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- Make sure you leave some fat for the other side.
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- Learning is weightless, treasure you can always carry easily.
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- Just scales and full measure injure no man.
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- It is the beautiful bird which gets caged.
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- It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
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- In his decision the judge with seven reasons gives only one in court.
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- If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
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- If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
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- If there is a strong general, there will be no weak soldiers.
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- If a string has one end, then it has another end.
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- He who trips and falls should not blame his foot.
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- He who is thirsty dreams that he is drinking.
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- He who covers up his mistakes intends to make some more.
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- He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog.
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- Great cry and little wool, as the fellow said when he sheared his hogs.
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- The torment of envy is like a grain of sand in the eye.
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- The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last.
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- The most highly praised woman is the one about whom no one speaks.
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- The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be.
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