A collection of quotes by Chinese Proverb.
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Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Chinese Proverb
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.
What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
