Quotes from Chinese Proverbs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Gold is tested by fire, man by gold

A dog in desperation will leap over a wall

Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.

Men trip not on mountains, they trip on molehills.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always

Rotten wood cannot be carved

Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.

An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.

Pure gold does not fear furnace.

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.