Chinese Proverb
81 quotations
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
Life is a dream walking death is a going home.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom.
I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one.
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.
Everyone pushes a falling fence.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water.
All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.
In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.
Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
The saving man becomes the free man.
When men speak of the future, the Gods laugh.
Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
Your friend has a friend; don't tell him.
There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.