Chinese proverbs

The poor ones give their alms in a humble way, the rich man throws them down with contempt.

If you are married to a chicken obey the chicken. If you are married to a dog obey the dog.

A man can never be perfect in a hundred years; but he may become corrupt in less than a day.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

The greater your troubles, the greater is your opportunity to show yourself a worthy person.

To meet an old friend in a distant country is like the delight of rain after a long drought.

All things change, and we change with them. [Lat., Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.]

A bird cannot roost but on one branch. a mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.

A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.

It takes three years to learn to be a man of integrity; it only takes three days to degrade.

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