Chinese Proverbs Quotes
- Sorrow is the child of too much joy
- When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.
- If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time
- Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice
- Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
- Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers
- Gold is tested by fire, man by gold
- Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep
- Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
- You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
- He who carves the Buddha never worships him
- To guess is cheap, to guess wrong is expensive.