Chinese proverbs

Avoid suspicion: when you're walking through your neighbor's melon patch, don't tie your shoe.

A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises of life as water to the decanter it is poured in.

If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.

A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment.

A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.

A curious woman is capable of turning around the rainbow just to see what is on the other side.

Good manners can be paid for with compliments, but only the sound of money will pay your debts.

Fearing laws makes one happy every day; withholding truth from heaven worries one all the time.

A man's faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues.

The people who talk the best are not the only ones who can tell you the most interesting things.

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