More Chinese Proverbs

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.... >>

I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.... >>

Flies never visit an egg that has no crack.... >>

If you bow at all, bow low... >>

Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites.... >>

Other Proverbs

Better suffer a known evil than change for uncertain good.... (Spanish) >>

Trim my beard, and I will trim your top-knot.... (French) >>

There is no pleasure but palls, and the more so if it costs ... (Spanish) >>

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.... (Spanish) >>

A fly may sting a horse and make him wince... (English) >>

The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.

- Chinese Proverb