Chinese Proverbs (1813 Proverbs)
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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- A girl receives, a widow takes her husband.
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- A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas -- a hunting dog does not feel them.
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- A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture.
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- Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
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- Every kind of wood is grey when they are reduced to ashes.
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- Easy to run downhill, much puffing to run up.
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- Don't strike a flea on a tiger's head.
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- Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
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- Defer not till to-morrow what may be done to-day.
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- By day think of your own faults, by night think of the faults of others.
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- Believe your servants but do not listen to them.
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- Be first in the field, the last to the couch.
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- Almond nuts come to those who have no teeth.
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- A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
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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 man's conversation is the mirror of his thoughts.
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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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- A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
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- A dictionary can only be read when it is printed.
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- A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her.
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- Forget the favors you have given; remember those received.
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- Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns.
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- Easy to know men's faces, not their hearts.
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- Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.
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- Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
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- Deer-hunter, waste not your arrow on the hare.
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- Better to satisfy the body than to tarnish the soul.
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- Being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice.
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- Away from home they look at your clothes. At home they look at what is under them.
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- All the past died yesterday; the future is born today.
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- A wicked companion invites us all to hell.
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- A single beam cannot support a great house.
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- A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things.
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- A hundred "no's" are less painful than one insincere "yes."
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- A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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- A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
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- A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
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- Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like.
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- For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be forgotten.
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- Even when a girl is as shy as a mouse, you still have to beware of the tiger within.
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- Easy to keep the castle that was never besieged.
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- Don't promise something when you are full of joy; don't answer letters when you are full of anger.
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- Do not dress in clothes made of leaves when going to put out a fire.
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- Deep down all men are alike -- and that is the problem.
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- Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
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- Behind an able man there are always other able men.
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- Avoid suspicion: when you're walking through your neighbor's melon patch, don't tie your shoe.
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- All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
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- A well mannered man does not step on the shadow of his fellow man.
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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 man thinks that he knows it, but his wife knows better.
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- A horse with two masters is always skinny; the ship with two captains sinks.
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- A fu' sack will tak a clout o' the side.
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- A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.
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- A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
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- For people who love even water is sweet.
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- Even ugly faces are worth looking at -- and that is a great comfort for most people.
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- Easy to enroll a thousand soldiers. But, ah, one general!.
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- Don't look back when you are walking along the edge of a wall.
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- Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
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- Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
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- Better to do a kindness near home than go far away to burn incense.
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- Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.
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- As soon as you have finished a job, you start appreciating the difficulties.
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- All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
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- A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds.
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- A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.
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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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- A heart that is rotten -- breath that smells.
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- A frog in a well-shaft seeing the sky.
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- A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy.
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- A book holds a house of gold.
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- Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.
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- Don't let your tongue or your paintbrush wag your tail when they are making up an inventory.
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- Going beyond is as bad as falling short.
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- For each man produced by heaven, earth provides a grave.
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- Even the most beautiful morning cannot bring back the evening.
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- Easy to believe in heaven's law, but so hard to keep.
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- Don't let the falcon loose until you see the hare.
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