Chinese proverb

Talk doesn't cook rice.

—Chinese proverb

My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.

—Chinese proverb

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

—Chinese proverb

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

—Chinese proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

—Chinese proverb

Do not employ handsome servants.

—Chinese proverb

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

—Chinese proverb

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

—Chinese proverb

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

—Chinese proverb

If you bow at all, bow low.

—Chinese proverb

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

—Chinese proverb

Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.

—Chinese proverb

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

—Chinese proverb

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

—Chinese proverb

When you drink the water, remember the spring.

—Chinese proverb