Chinese Proverb
81 quotations
Climb mountains to see lowlands.
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
Do not employ handsome servants.
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.
One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.
Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.
One joy scatters a hundred grieves.
When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
The journey is the reward.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
The tongue can paint what the eye can't see.
One step at a time is good walking.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
A maker of idols is never an idolater.
Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.