More Chinese Proverbs

It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.... >>

Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping... >>

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

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than it... >>

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

Other Proverbs

When I was born I wept, and every day brings a reason why.... (Spanish) >>

A noble prince or king never has a coin to bless himself.... (French) >>

One barber shears another.... (French) >>

An apple, an egg, and a nut, You may eat after a slut.... (French) >>

Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.... (French) >>

A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.

- Chinese Proverb