A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
More Chinese Proverbs
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Only one who can swallow an insult is a man. -
Guessing is cheap, but guessing wrong can be expensive. -
If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from those coming back. -
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. -
He who thinks too much about every step he takes will always stay on one leg. -
Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps. -
To be totally at leisure for one day is to be immortal for one day. -
It’s better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely. -
Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways. -
Ripe fruit falls by itself – but it doesn’t fall in your mouth. -
A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment. -
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. -
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great. -
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. -
I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet. -
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind. -
A wise man makes his own decisions, but an ignorant man mindlessly follows the crowd. -
Two good talkers are not worth one good listener. -
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all. -
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. -
If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness. -
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood -
To know another is not to know the person’s face, but to know the person’s heart. -
A little impatience will spoil great plans. -
A smile will gain you ten more years of life. -
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today. -
If you want to avoid being cheated, ask for prices at three different stores.