The China Adventures Of Arielle Gabriel

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