Chinese Proverb

A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.

Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

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

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.

Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
Chinese Proverb - The Graduates Book of Wisdom
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.

He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

If you bow at all, bow low.

Do not employ handsome servants.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

When you drink the water, remember the spring.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

A fool judges people by the presents they give him.

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.

Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

A book holds a house of gold.

Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

- Chinese Proverb