Chinese Proverbs ( 10 of 105 )
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you read more
If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
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
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
Going beyond is as bad as falling short.
Going beyond is as bad as falling short.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.
Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have read more
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain
