We leave you an excellent list of Chinese proverbs with which you can think, reflect and learn about this interesting and beautiful ancient culture.
You may also be interested in these phrases from Confucius or these from Lao Tzu.
-Control your emotions or they will control you.
-I got mad because I didn't have shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
-Don't listen to what they say. Go see it.
- Hearing something a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once.
-A dirty mouth will not speak decent language.
-The one who returns from an adventure is not the same one who left.
-Learning without thinking is wasted work, and thinking without learning is dangerous. -Confucius.
-A good teacher is better than a handful of books.
-All things change and we change with them.
-It takes more than a day for a river to freeze a meter deep.
-True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's own knowledge.
-If you always give, you will always receive.
-A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month of study of the books.
-With true friends, even drinking water is sweet enough.
-Even the hare bites when it is cornered.
-The spilled water is difficult to recover.
-Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
-Fuck me once, it's your fault. But fool me twice and the fault will be mine.
-If the snake bites you one morning, you will fear the rope of the well for ten years.
-A needle is not pointed on both sides.
-A gem cannot shine without polishing it, just as a man cannot perfect himself if he is not put to the test.
-Blame yourself as you blame others, and forgive others as much as you forgive yourself.
-Falling into a ditch makes you wiser.
-Don't think you will reach your destination if you don't leave the coast.
-Good actions bear good fruit, while evil pays for evil.
-An intelligent person transforms big problems into small ones, and small ones into nil.
-If you have money, you can ask for favors.
-A thousand kilometer adventure begins with a single step. –Lao Tzu
-Listening well is as powerful as speaking well, and it is also essential for a true conversation.
-The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying small stones.
-Never judge a person by their appearance.
-Don't be afraid to grow slowly, fear to stay static.
-He who depends on himself will achieve the greatest of happiness.
-The ship will reach the end of the bridge in due time.
-Only he who can swallow an insult is a man.
-What you hear may be false, but what you see is true.
-Little men think they are small; great men never know they are great.
-Before telling secrets on the way, look in the bushes.
-The schemes of man are inferior to those made by heaven.
-If a family has an older person in it, they have a jewel.
-To be successful, consult three older people.
-A fool judges people by the gifts they give him.
-When the roof is leaking is when several and continuous nights of rain arrive.
-A beam, no matter how big it is, cannot support a whole house by itself.
-A man must choose a friend who is better than himself. There are many acquaintances in the world, plus very few friends.
-A mountain cannot turn, but a road can.
-In adversity, true feelings are revealed.
-If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
-A book is like carrying a garden in your pocket.
-There are many roads to the top of the mountain, but the view is the same.
-Do good and you will reap good. Do evil and you will reap evil.
-An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet.
-The bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
-The teachers can open the door for you, but you must enter by yourself.
-All things are difficult until they become easy.
-If your strength is small, do not carry heavy things. If your words are worthless, do not give advice.
-Everything has its beauty, but not everyone can see it. -Confucius.
-Dig the well before you're thirsty.
-The talk does not cook the rice.
-Believing in our dreams implies spending our entire lives asleep.
-Knowing another does not mean knowing his face, but the heart of the person.
-Assuming is cheap, but wrongly assuming can be expensive.
-Better than approaching the shore to admire the fish, is to go back and prepare to throw a net over the waters.
-We can study until old… and even then not finish.
-Experience can lead to skills.
-It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark.
-When the winds of change blow, some people will build walls, while others will build windmills.
-Talking a lot without getting anywhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
-The bird that gets up early is the one that gets the worm.
-A little fragrance clings to the hand that cuts the flowers.
-A fraction of the time is a piece of gold. But it is difficult to buy a fraction of the time with a piece of gold.
-A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a single comment.
-Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.
-Solve one problem and you will keep a hundred others away.
-No person has a thousand good days in a row, nor a flower that remains red for a hundred days.
-The perspectives of the heroes are more or less similar.
-If you plan a year from now, plant rice. If you plan ten years from now, plant trees. And if you plan a hundred years from now, educate humanity.
-A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
-Forget the favors given, remember those received.
-Heaven will not betray those who give the best of themselves.
-A wise man makes his own decisions, and an ignorant man follows public opinion.
-It is better to trust yourself than in the help of others.
-It is easy to adapt from an economical lifestyle to a luxurious lifestyle. By contrast, the opposite is what becomes difficult.
-He who thinks a lot about each step he takes, will always stand on one leg.
-To understand the love of your parents you must raise your own children.
-Dogs have no prejudice against the poor.
-One generation plants trees, and another enjoys its shade.
-If you want to be happy for an hour, take a nap. If you want to be happy for a day, go fishing. If you want to be happy for a month, get married. If you want to be happy for a year, inherit a fortune. And if you want happiness for life, help someone else.
-Studying is like rowing upstream: not moving forward implies going back.
-We count our miseries carefully, and we accept our blessings without thinking too much.
-Better thin and good, than fat and evil.
-It is easy to open a store. The hard part is keeping it open.
-If your mind is strong, all difficult things will come easily to you. But if your mind is weak, all easy things will become difficult.
-Opportunity knocks on the door only once.
-If you want your dinner, don't insult the cook.
-Today's tasks are things that must be completed today.
-If you work hard enough, you can even mold a metal bar into a needle.
-Everybody's friend is nobody's friend.
-When you get to a town, follow their customs.
-Just as distance tests the strength of a horse, time can reveal a person's heart.
-The hungry cannot choose their food.
-While you negotiate, hide your currency.
-One frequently finds his destiny right where he is hiding to avoid it.
-Without pain, no one becomes a saint.
-What you do not want for yourself, do not do to others. -Confucius.
-Time is like an arrow.
-A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood.
-If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will avoid a hundred days of regret.
-If you must play, define three things from the beginning: the rules of the game, what is at stake and the time to terminate it.
-The cabin where one is happy is better than the palace where one cries.
-You can't find pearls on the coast. If you want one, you must dive deep for it.
-The life of a child is like a piece of paper in which everyone leaves a mark.
-Great doubts, great wisdom; little doubts, little wisdom.
-No matter how high the mountain is, it can never cover the sun.
-The tenacity and adversity are old enemies.
-He who sacrifices his conscience for ambition, burns an image to obtain ashes.
-Calamity has its roots in prosperity, and prosperity has its origins in calamity.
-Make those who are near happy, and those who are far will come.
-A sharp tongue or feather can kill without a knife.
-It is not difficult to know, but to do.
-Forgetting an ancestor is like being a stream without an origin and a tree without roots.
-A little impatience will ruin big plans.
-You want a good horse, but you don't give it grass to eat.
-A single meal will not make a man fat.
-Parents who are afraid to put their feet on the ground usually have children who step on their feet.
-The son is like his father.
-An army can conquer a general, but no man can take away his ambitions.
- A hundred "no" are less agonizing than an insincere "yes".
-The person who tries to travel two roads at the same time will not get anywhere. -Xun Kuang.
-Tension is what you think it should be, relaxation is who you are.
-Don't you want others to find out what you did? Better not do what you don't want them to know about.
-Learning is a weightless treasure that you can always carry easily.
-A man gets tired while standing still.
-The one who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
-Don't choose who you don't trust and trust whoever you choose.
-Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
-Love is not about possession, but about appreciation.
-The treasure of a nation lies in its academics.
-A good book is a good friend.
-Experience is a comb that nature gives us when we are bald.
-Don't limit your children to your own learning, since they were born in a different time.
-Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.
-Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.
-If your face is ugly, you can't blame the mirror.
-The first step of a thousand different things is always difficult.
-Each generation will reap what the past generation has sown. We enjoy the benefits of the hard work of our ancestors.
-There are two types of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who are not yet born.
-Every child is born with an innate goodness.
- Married couples say a thousand things to each other without speaking.
-Climb the mountains, to see the plains.
-The more you practice, the less you will bleed in battle.
-A diamond with a defect is worth more than a stone without imperfections.