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Quotes From
Chinese Proverbs
"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion."
"Climb mountains to see lowlands."
"He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years."
"If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words."
"If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month -- get married.
If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else."
"Laws control the lesser man...Right conduct controls the greater one."
"Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not."
"The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure."
"The pine stays green in winter...Wisdom in hardship."
"The tongue like a sharp knife...Kills without drawing blood."
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.
The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor.
"There is only one pretty child in the world... and every mother has it."
If Heaven made him -
earth can find some use for him
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Never write a letter while you are angry
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one
Laws control the lesser man.
Right conduct controls the greater one.
Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Learning is like rowing upstream:
not to advance is to drop back.
Gratitude is the best attitude.
~Author Unknown
More than 5,000 years ago, the Chinese discovered how to make silk from silkworm cocoons. For about 3,000 years, the Chinese kept this discovery a secret. Because poor people could not afford real silk, they tried to make other cloth look silky. Women would beat on cotton with sticks to soften the fibers. Then they rubbed it against a big stone to make it shiny. The shiny cotton was called "chintz." Because chintz was a cheaper copy of silk, calling something "chintzy" means it is cheap and not of good quality.
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