More Chinese Proverbs

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Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.... >>

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

Kill one to warn a hundred... >>

Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain.... >>

Other Proverbs

Take away the motive, and the sin is taken away.... (Spanish) >>

A cake eaten in peace, is worth two in trouble.... (French) >>

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.... (English) >>

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself... (English) >>

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He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.

- Chinese Proverb