Quotes by Chinese Proverb

70 quotes found

Linguistic family of idiomatic expressions

Linguistic family of idiomatic expressions

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“Be not afraid of growing slowly be afraid only of standing still.”
— Chinese proverb
difficult days

“Always take an emergency leisurely.”
— Chinese proverb
events

“Don't curse the darkness - light a candle.”
— Chinese proverb
events

“With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.”
— Chinese proverb
friends

“It is easier to visit friends than to live with them.”
— Chinese proverb
friendship

“Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.”
— Chinese proverb
friendship

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
— Chinese proverb
getting going

“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
— Chinese proverb
getting going

“Words are mere bubbles of water but deeds are drops of gold.”
— Chinese proverb
getting going

“He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.”
— Chinese proverb
getting going

“Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me.”
— Chinese proverb
failures mistakes

“One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water one pops up while you try to hold down the other.”
— Chinese proverb
goals

“Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.”
— Chinese proverb
goals

“Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come.”
— Chinese proverb
happiness

“Happiness is not a horse you cannot harness it.”
— Chinese proverb
happiness

“A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.”
— Chinese proverb
happiness

“With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.”
— Chinese proverb
happiness

“If heaven made him earth can find some use for him.”
— Chinese proverb
homo sapiens

“People in the West are always getting ready to live.”
— Chinese proverb
life

“Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.”
— Chinese proverb
marriage