Chinese Proverbs

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“A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.”

“A bad worker quarrels with his tools.”

“A bad workman blames his tools.”

“A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.”

“A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.”

“A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.”

“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.”

“A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.”

“A book holds a house of gold.”

“A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her.”

“A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture.”

“A chicken is hatched even from such a well-sealed thing as an egg.”

“A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.”

“A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes.”

“A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.”

“A cloth is not woven from a single thread.”

“A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.”

“A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.”

“A courtesy much entreated is half recompensed.”

“A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.”