Chinese Proverbs

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.

Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.