Chinese Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
602 Chinese Proverbs
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“Better be too credulous than too skeptical.”
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“Better die ten years early than live ten years poor.”
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“Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.”
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“Better do it than wish it done.”
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“Better go than send.”
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“Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.”
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“Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one
weeps.”
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“Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.”
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“Better to do a kindness near home than go far away to burn
incense.”
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“Careless rat chewing on a cat's tail: beware lightning!”
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“Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.”
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“Cheap things are not good, good things are not cheap.”
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“Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you.”
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“Clumsy birds have need of early flight.”
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“Conquerors are kings; the beaten are bandits.”
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“Corner a dog in a dead-end street and it will turn and bite.”
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“Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be
damned.”
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“Count not what is lost but what is left.”
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“Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it.”
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“Covetous men's chests are rich, not they.”
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“Crows everywhere are equally black.”
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“Curse your wife at evening, sleep alone at night.”
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“Cursed cows have short horns.”
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“Customers are jade; merchandise is grass.”
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“Dangerous enemies will meet again in narrow streets.”
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