My Newest Top 10 Favourite Chinese Proverbs!

Some cracked me up, some were a pearls of wisdom! Check em out!

1. You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile he has bad
breath.
2. The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.
3. Among ten matchmakers only nine will lie.
4. Curse your wife at evening, sleep alone at night.
5. It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is
twins.
6. Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
7. The day your horse dies and your money's lost, your relatives change to stran
gers.
8. To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old plea
sure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his na
me on the wings of a dragon.
9. Experience is a comb that we receive just when we are going bald.
10, Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread.
More fabulous Chinese Proverbs for you!
One who gains mastery will create his own opportunities.
When luck visits you , everyone will know where you live.
To buy a quarrel, lend money to a friend.
When you drink of the spring, be thankful for the source.
Frugality is the mother of prosperity.
What is whispered in your ear is often heard a hundred miles off.
What you cannot avoid, welcome.
When the cat is gone, the mice come out to stretch.
We earn a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.
With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man.
Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.
Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends.
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can p
revent them from building nests in your hair.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile he has bad bre
ath.
You want no one to know it? Then don't do it.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
A young doctor makes a full graveyard.
You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile he has bad bre
ath.
Forgiveness is an act of the heart.
To have a black heart. (an evil person)
Be resolved and the thing is done.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
Cheap things are not good, good things are not cheap.
Gratitude is an act of a good heart.
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
Dig a well before you are thirsty.
Do not employ handsome servants.
Indecisiveness breeds confusion.
Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Flowers leave a part of their fragrance in the hands that bestow them.
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and
the neglected opportunity.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish--very gently.
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questio
n remains a fool forever.
He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
If there is a strong general, there will be no weak soldiers.
If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is
harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the
nation, there will be peace in the world.
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plan
t trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
If you want an audience, start a fight.
By filling ones head and not ones pocket, one cannot be robbed.
Learning is a weightless treasure you always carry easy.
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.
Love is blind, and greed insatiable.
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on
their toes.
Patience is a virtue.
Politeness wins the confidence of princes.
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
Swiftest horse cannot overtake the word once spoken.
Talk does not cook rice.
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see onl
y the differences.
The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without t
rials.
The house with an old grandparent harbors a jewel.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
The pen of the tongue should be dipped in the ink of the heart.
The remedy for dirt is soap and water. The remedy for dying is living.
The rich man plans for tomorrow, the poor man for today.
Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad.
A loan is like rice eaten. It is soon forgotten.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Use power to curb power.
One who has character has courage.
Fortunes may rise and fall and kingdoms may tumble, but ones character never chan
ges.
One who learns the value of compromise acquires wisdom.
A cloth is not woven from a single thread.
Kindness is the best quality of the soul.
Keeping company with the wicked is like living in a fish market: one becomes use
d to the foul odor.
Criticism must be used lightly. A gentle wind kindles, while a strong wind kills
the fire.
The one who snores the loudest will fall asleep first.
Good advise is like bitter medicine.
Do not hope to reach a destination without ever leaving the shore.
A man of leisure will never taste the fruit of success.
To chop a tree quickly, spend twice the time sharpening your axe.
One who is tripped by the foot can get up again. One who is tripped by the tongu
e may not.
For the love of money, truth falls silent
Nothing is as heavy as a secret.
To rise high, conceal ambition.
Do not hasten to rejoice at someones departure until you see his replacement.
A goal without a deadline is only a wish.A dream with a deadline becomes a goal.
Ideas enlarge the mind and never allow it to go back to its original dimensions.
Try is a word of courage, but can is a word of power.
The poor are those without talents; the weak are those without aspirations.