Proverb, Chinese

"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."

"What you can not avoid, welcome."

"Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave."

"Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not."

"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion."

"Laws control the lesser man...Right conduct controls the greater one."

"Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat."

"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever."

"If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words."

"Climb mountains to see lowlands."

"He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount."

"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead."

"Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own."

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names."

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

"The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out."

"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."

"The tongue like a sharp knife...Kills without drawing blood."

"Not wine...men intoxicate themselves; Not vice...men entice themselves."

"He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years."

"The pine stays green in winter...Wisdom in hardship."