Chinese proverbs

The dragon teaches you that if you want to climb high you have to do it against the wind.

When you are very angry, don't go to a lawyer; when you are very hungry, don't be a poet.

You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.

A woman that always laughs is everybody's wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot.

The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.

What is not urgent must be done quickly in order to take care of the urgent things calmly.

Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.

To know and know that you know, not to know and know that you don't know, that is to know.

You can accompany a friend for a thousand miles but at some time you must take your leave.

The human heart is never satisfied, just like the snake that wants to swallow an elephant.

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