Witty and Wise Chinese Proverbs II

Chinese sayings are simple, short and witty but they give a direct message that will reach the heart and mind of the readers, they are condensed truth that are evident in our daily life. Chinese proverbs has always been profound and universal.

• A person without a smiling face should not open a shop.
• Clumsy birds have need of early flight.
• An old broom has its value.
• In a crisis people grow wisdom.
• Intelligence is endowed, but wisdom learned.
• Spilt water cannot be retrieved.
• One foot cannot stand on two boats
• Beware the person with a Buddha's mouth and a snake's heart.
• Good medicine is bitter to the taste.
• Good heart, good reward.

• Solitude is enjoyed only when one is at peace with oneself.
• One merits should not be a hindrance to one's progress
• Review past lessons to discover anew.
• Without experiece we will not gain full knowledge.
• To accommodate all things, enlarge your heart
• One who does not like to read is equal to one who cannot read.
• A night without moon or stars is like an ignorant mind.
• Common sense goes further than a lot of learning.
• A great general need not blow his own trumpet.
• Better to make a net than to yearn for fish at the edge of a pond.

• Ants can move even a mighty mountain.
• What is scare is valued, what is plentiful is not.
• Patience is the wisdom of waiting.
• Rats know the way of rats.
• If there are no clouds, there will be no rain
• Patience is a tree with bitter roots that bears sweet fruits
• Genuine gold fears no fire.
• Order moves slowly but surely disorder always in a hurry.
• What is good for the hive is good for the bee.
• Unless there is opposing wind, a kite cannot rise.