If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself.
There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding.
~ Chinese Proverbs
I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
~ Chinese Proverbs
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much supplies us with plenty of future worries.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
~ Chinese Proverbs
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
~ Chinese Proverbs
It is the beautiful bird which gets caged.
~ Chinese Proverbs
If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
~ Chinese Proverbs
A people without faith in themselves cannot survive.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
~ Chinese Proverbs
When your horse is on the brink of a precipice it is too late to pull the reins.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
~ Chinese Proverbs
He was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought.
Known to the Chinese as Master Kong and to the rest of the world as Confucius, he created a philosophy
based on virtue and believed in honesty, respect, sincerity.
Confucius taught that it was not the satisfaction of the senses in the present moment that would bring true
happiness, but well-planned actions and the helping of fellow man which mattered most.
(551-479 BCE)
History is the lie commonly agreed upon.
~ Voltaire
We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.
~ Charles F. Kettering
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
~ Abraham LincolnMore Proverbs
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