Chinese proverbs

Drinking with a bosom friend, a thousand shots are too few; Talking with a disagreeable person, half a sentence is too many.

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend; read it for a second time and you meet an old friend.

The fangs of the green snake and the sting of a wasp don't really make poison -- that is only to be found in a woman's heart.

Life itself cannot give you joy/ Unless you really will it./ Life just gives you time and space -- It's up to you to fill it.

It is too late for a galloping horse to stop at a clip; it is useless for a sinking boat to be mended in the middle of a river.

One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor among them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty.

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who find pleasure in it.

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.

You looked high and low till your iron shoes were worn out but still to no avail. Then you chanced upon it without ever looking.

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