Chinese proverbs

The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences.

A single merit cannot make a hundred demerits fade; a hundred merits cannot hide a single demerit.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

There are three kinds of person that you must not challenge: civil servants, customers and widows.

Don't ask in this life for the three most difficult things: good sons, long life and a long beard.

Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.

The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

An image of a bamboo has already been formed in mind before it is committed to the painting canvas.

It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind.

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