Chinese proverbs

The flowers in your garden don't smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer.

An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of time cannot be purchased for an inch of gold.

Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.

There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.

No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun. Tenacity and adversity are old foes.

A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.

An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand miles.

Fruits of the same tree have different tastes; children of the same mother have various qualities.

Don't promise something when you are full of joy; don't answer letters when you are full of anger.

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