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

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

—Chinese proverb

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

—Chinese proverb

If you bow at all, bow low.

—Chinese proverb

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

—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

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

—Chinese proverb

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

—Chinese proverb

If you bow at all, bow low.

—Chinese proverb

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

—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