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Hey guys,

I'm reading "Journey to the West", considered one of the four great novels of chinese classical literature. It's 1,400+ pages of chinese fiction so although I find it enjoyable I wouldn't recommend it unless you already have an interest in chinese culture and about 50 hours to spare. I'll do a book review when I'm finished. While reading I decided to some research on chinese proverbs. These are the ones I found interesting, thought provoking and amusing. Enjoy!


http://www.special-dictionary.com/prover...n_proverb/

3. A house without a child is like a tomb.
6. A woman talks to one man, looks at another, and thinks about a third.
A woman talks to one man, looks at another, and thinks about a third..
Asian-Indian Proverb.
7. A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four
times; her intelligence, eight times.

34. I bought the nettle, sowed the nettle, and then the nettle stung me.

61. Our shadow will follow us

68. Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year;
sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.

72. The beggar who asks for crumbs gets more than the one who asks for bread.

104. Who is the happiest person in the world? An unfaithful husband

http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Asian_Proverbs/

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

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to
lose or too old to have anything to gain.

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head,
but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.


http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Chinese_Proverb/


A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

http://www.historyofpainters.com/china_proverbs.htm

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.


http://www.historyofpainters.com/japan_proverbs.htm

If you wish to learn the highest truths, begin with the alphabet.

The strong will protect the weak and, in return, the weak will serve the strong.

He who would go a hundred miles should consider ninety-nine as halfway.

http://www.historyofpainters.com/vietnam_proverbs.htm

Because the caterpillar exists, there exists also a bird to eat it.

A day of traveling will bring a basketful of learning.

All chili is hot; all women are jealous.

If a father eats a lot of salt, his children will be thirsty.

When eating fruit, remember who planted the tree; when
drinking clear water, remember who dug the well.

The rich eat. The poor smoke.

http://www.historyofpainters.com/india_proverbs.htm

We can't change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails

If you want to know what a tiger is like, look at a cat.

War is to men, childbirth is to women.

If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile.

A fly, a harlot, a beggar, a rat, and gusty wind; the village-boss and the
tax collector - these seven are always annoying to others.

It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to
sit, but death is the best of all.

What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

Garlic is as good as ten mothers.
Eat up.

The nose didn't smell the rotting head.

In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot.

If they don't exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another.

Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.

Justice is better than admiration.

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.

To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.

It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.

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Girl who go camping must beware of evil intent.

If you want pretty nurse, you must be patient.

Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cathouse.

Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.

Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement.


A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.

Those who throw dirt are sure to lose ground.

Man who streaks is unsuited for his work.

Man who go through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.

Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day. (thanks to Ben Hiscock)

Man who run in front of car get tired.

Man who run behind car get exhausted.

Man who keep feet firmly on ground have trouble putting on pants.

Man with one chopstick go hungry.

Man who scratches rear should not bite fingernails.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

Hourglasses are waste of time. (thanks to John Serventy)

Foolish man give wife grand piano. Wise man give wife upright organ.

All men eat, but Fu Man Chu.

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Not exactly proverbs, but a couple of memorable quotes from the Good Earth (story of the rise of a Chinese peasant to a rich landowner)

"I shall never sell the land! Bit by bit, I will dig up the fields and feed the earth itself to the children and when they die I will bury them in the land, and I and my wife and my old father, even he, we will die on the land that has given us birth." Chapter 9, pg. 61

"When the rich are too rich there are ways, and when the poor are too poor there are ways...and that way will come soon." Chapter 13, pg. 84

"Now evil, idle son-sell the land! It is the end of a family-when they begin to sell the land. Out of the land we came and into it we must go-if you will hold your land you can live-no one can rob you of land-if you sell the land, it is the end." Chapter 34, pg. 260

On a lighter note:

"Man who buy drowned cat pay for wet pussy" - Shadow Warrior

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Quote:A house without a child is like a tomb.

This is excellent and should always be cited to female "child free by choice" freaks. I think it would hit some of them hard because they would feel it to be true.

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He who stands in front of car, is tired.
He who stands behind car is exhausted.

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Man who go to sleep with itchy butthole wake up with brown fingers

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^ROR. Raugh out Roud.

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Man should never try cream of some young guy

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(01-07-2016 10:37 AM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:  

Quote:A house without a child is like a tomb.

This is excellent and should always be cited to female "child free by choice" freaks. I think it would hit some of them hard because they would feel it to be true.

When i read on my phone, I zoom in to make the text bigger, so I can't see who posts, unless I slide the screen over to look.
Still, I knew this was LOZ within a couple of words.

+1

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Phantom rough on roughnecks! -- Old Jungle Saying

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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

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嘘から出た実
From lies come truth.

personal favorite Japanese proverb of mine. Basically another version of the truth is said in jest.

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Foolish man give wife giant piano wise man give wife upright organ.

Man with one chopstick starve to death.

Man who fart in church sit in own pew.

War does not determine who is right it determine who is left.

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(01-07-2016 10:17 AM)Fast Eddie Wrote:  Foolish man give wife grand piano. Wise man give wife upright organ.

It is good to meet girl in park.

It is better to park meat in girl.

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Baseball is wrong. Man with four ball cannot walk.

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“tada yori takai mono wa nai.” - “There is nothing more expensive than something given for free.” - Japanese Proverb

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(01-08-2016 06:43 PM)Tengen Wrote:  “tada yori takai mono wa nai.” - “There is nothing more expensive than something given for free.” - Japanese Proverb

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