dreamer
29-09-2006, 03:07 PM
A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them.
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.
A man without a smiling face must not open shop.
A murder may be forgiven, an affront never.
A needle is not sharp at both ends.
A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
Before dinner, let us explore the southern plains and climb the northern mountains. After dinner, there are snakes in the southern plains and tiger in the northern mountains.
Blessings do not come in pairs; misfortunes never come singly.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns.
Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Govern a small family as you would cook a small fish, very gently.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.
He who rides the tiger can never dismount.
He who would rise in the world should veil his ambition with the forms of humanity.
I dreamed a thousand new paths... I woke and walked my old one.
I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
If luck comes, who comes not? If luck comes not, who comes?
It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.
It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose.
Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly.
Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills.
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
One man will carry two buckets of water for his own use, Two men will carry one for their joint use; Three men will carry none for anybody's use.
Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.
Prepare for calamity not yet in bud.
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great.
The best soldiers are not warlike.
The first time it is a favour, the second time a rule.
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
The old horse may die in someone's keeping
The one legged never stumble.
The unlucky doctor treats the head of a disease, the lucky doctor its tail.
The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
There is no one to sweep a common hall.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.
Virtue never dwells alone; it always has neighbours.
Want a thing long enough and you don't
When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger.
When the butcher dies, do you think we shall eat our pork with the bristles on?
When you bow, bow low.
While one milks the ram, the other holds under the sieve.
With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them.
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.
A man without a smiling face must not open shop.
A murder may be forgiven, an affront never.
A needle is not sharp at both ends.
A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
Before dinner, let us explore the southern plains and climb the northern mountains. After dinner, there are snakes in the southern plains and tiger in the northern mountains.
Blessings do not come in pairs; misfortunes never come singly.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns.
Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
Govern a small family as you would cook a small fish, very gently.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.
He who rides the tiger can never dismount.
He who would rise in the world should veil his ambition with the forms of humanity.
I dreamed a thousand new paths... I woke and walked my old one.
I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
If luck comes, who comes not? If luck comes not, who comes?
It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.
It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose.
Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly.
Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills.
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
One man will carry two buckets of water for his own use, Two men will carry one for their joint use; Three men will carry none for anybody's use.
Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.
Prepare for calamity not yet in bud.
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great.
The best soldiers are not warlike.
The first time it is a favour, the second time a rule.
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
The old horse may die in someone's keeping
The one legged never stumble.
The unlucky doctor treats the head of a disease, the lucky doctor its tail.
The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
There is no one to sweep a common hall.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.
Virtue never dwells alone; it always has neighbours.
Want a thing long enough and you don't
When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger.
When the butcher dies, do you think we shall eat our pork with the bristles on?
When you bow, bow low.
While one milks the ram, the other holds under the sieve.
With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.