Chinese Proverbs - page 10

Women are as beautiful as flowers when they are forty years old. (Chinese Proverb)
Women never praise without gossiping. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A good storyteller must be able to lie a little. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A governor may commit arson while the governed are not allowed to light a lamp. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A guilty conscience feels continual fear. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A hasty man drinks his tea with a fork. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A heart that is rotten -- breath that smells. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A hobbling cat is better than a fast horse when rats swarm the palace. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A horse with two masters is always skinny; the ship with two captains sinks. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated. (Chinese Proverb)
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
While keeping a tiger from the front door, the wolf comes in at the back. View proverb
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Who has children cannot long remain poor; who has none cannot long remain rich. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Who is inferior and is ashamed of it proves that he really is inferior. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Whoever buys a house must examine the beams; whoever wants a wife must look at her mother. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Whoever keeps his door locked all the time longs for it to be broken down. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Whoever tastes from the head of a poppy will not expect any thing from love. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Whoever tears his clothes must mend them himself. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Why jump in the water before the ship turns over. (Chinese Proverb)
Wisdom is attained by learning when to hold one's tongue. View proverb
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A man grows most tired while standing still. View proverb
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When you drink from the stream remember the spring. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
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