Chinese Proverb Quotes

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• To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart…
• Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
• With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.
• Talk doesn't cook rice.
• A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
• Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently
• A smile will gain you ten more years of life
• To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping
• He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me
• The lotus root breaks but fibers remain connected
• Some people are fated to meet each other, but not destined to be together
• Marriage is like chinese character for person(Ren) that consist of two sticks support each other
• Don't curse the darkness; light a candle
• After the game,the king and the pawn go into the same box.
• You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair. Chinese proverb
• The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is NOW.
• The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
• The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
• The greater conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
• An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will…

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