Quotes from Chinese proverb

The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor.

Man stands for long time with mouth open before roast duck flies in.

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.

One joy scatters a hundred griefs.

The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread.

He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.

Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.

Never write a letter while you are angry.

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.

One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.

It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.

Every smile makes you a day younger.

Tiger father begets tiger son.

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.

Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.

Water is the mother of tea, a teapot its father, and fire the teacher.

A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water.