I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

More Chinese Proverbs

• Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
• Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
• The person who is his own master cannot tolerate another boss.
• Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.
• A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
• Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.
• No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun.
• The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them.
• The people who talk the best are not the only ones who can tell you the most interesting things.
• It is easy to open a store – the hard part is keeping it open.
• Genius can be recognized by its childish simplicity.
• Do not believe that you will reach your destination without leaving the shore.
• Want a thing long enough and you don’t.
• Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
• 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.