CHINESE PROVERB

Talk does not cook rice.

You only get to know someone after a huge exchange of blows.

Out of all things bad, something good. Out of all things good, something bad.

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

It is not polite to receive a favor without returning it.

It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Everyone pushes a falling fence.

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 says it cannot be done should get out of the way of the one who is doing it.

If you bow at all, bow low.

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

The tail of China is large and will not be wagged.

Alarm in hard times makes one live; indulgence in comfort makes one die.

Disasters impel a nation to rise

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 murder may be forgiven, an affront never

A person who knows cock fighting is better off than a learned scholar

A wise person would never be eager to ask for acknowledgment of his or her contribution.

All the officials responsible for giving ethical advice to the emperor were chased away.

Ancient histories provide windows to knowing current affairs.

As long as the law exists, there will be morality.