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Folk Sayings and Proverbs, China Wisdom
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Gems are polished by rubbing, just as men are made brilliant by trials.
Chinese proverb
One who can promise nothing is a poor person.
Chinese proverb
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Chinese proverb
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese proverb
Laughter is the music of one's soul. One is never really poor if he can afford to laugh.
Chinese proverb
By filling one's head instead of one's pocket, one cannot be robbed.
Chinese proverb
Write in sand the bad things done to you. Carve in stone the good things you want to
remember.
Chinese proverb
Great love makes us capable of great courage.
Chinese proverb
A thousand taels won't purchase a laugh.
Chinese proverb
Your teacher can lead you to the door; the acquiring of learning rests with each person.
Chinese proverb
Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
Chinese proverb
Even though a snake enter a bamboo tube, it still inclines to wriggle.
Chinese proverb
No journey is ever long with good company.
Chinese proverb
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes,
and the quitting time.
Chinese Proverb
No medicine can cure a vulgar man.
Chinese proverb
Pride is often used to cover weakness.
Chinese proverb
The foolish wander while the wise travel.
Chinese proverb
Opening a wound to treat it could create a new injury.
Chinese proverb
Defeat is never a bitter brew until one agrees to swallow it.
Chinese proverb
Do not hope to reach a destination without ever leaving the shore.
Chinese proverb
Talk does not cook rice.
Chinese proverb
Propriety governs the superior man; law, the inferior man.
Chinese proverb
Do not pray for gold and jade and precious things, but pray that your children and
grandchildren may all be good.
Chinese proverb
With money you are a dragon, without it you are a worm.
Chinese proverb
To know one's self is to know others, for heart can understand heart.
Chinese proverb
Much talk brings on trouble; much food brings on indigestion.
Chinese proverb
Eloquence provides persuasion, but truth brings sincerity.
Chinese proverb
There are three marks of a superior person: Being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being
wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.
Chinese proverb
The quiet duck puts his foot on the unobservant worm.
Chinese proverb
After being struck on the head with an axe, it is a positive pleasure to be beaten about the
body with a wooden club.
Chinese proverb
He is truly a superior man who can look upon a game of chess in silence.
Chinese proverb
Once one is a teacher, one becomes a parent for life.
Chinese proverb
A paper tiger does not bear close scrutiny.
Chinese proverb
Only fools seek credit from the achievements of their ancestors.
Chinese proverb
The state of the nation is reflected in the home.
Chinese proverb
If you control yourself in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Chinese proverb
It is difficult to satisfy one's appetite by painting by painting pictures of cakes.
Chinese proverb
Look to your enemy for a chance to succeed.
Chinese proverb
One word to the wise is sufficient.
Chinese proverb
Whatever will satisfy hunger is good food.
Chinese proverb
Do not waste your heart.
Chinese proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
Chinese proverb
It is better to lose a wager than to lose a good friend.
Chinese proverb
No one has yet found any substitute for honesty.
Chinese proverb
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