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Chinese Proverbs & Chinese Sayings

pearlvidel — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:40:14 +0000

3. Chinese Proverb
If you don’t go into the cave of the tiger, how are you going to get its cub?
4. Chinese Proverb
Follow the local custom when you go to a foreign place.

5. Chinese Proverb
It’s is impossible to change your basic characteristics.
6. Chinese Proverb
Once bitten by a snake, you are even frightened by a rope that resembles a snake.
7. Chinese Proverb
Your neighbor’s wife looks prettier than your own.
8. Chinese Proverb
When you go up to the mountain too often, you will eventually encounter the tiger.

Wise collection of Chinese Proverbs

pearlvidel — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:22:10 +0000

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and
they who love it are not equal to those who find pleasure in
it.

If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.

When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow.

Do not remove a fly from your friend’s head with a hatchet.

The daughter of a crab does not give birth to a bird.

Vegetables of one’s own raising are not relished — those from
other’s gardens are the best.

English Proverbs & English Sayings

pearlvidel — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:19:22 +0000

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
– English Proverbs

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox.
– English proverb

As you sow, so shall you reap.
– English Proverbs

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.
– English Proverb

Children are a poor man’s riches.
– English proverbs

Things are not always what they seem.
– English Proverb

Famous Proverbs & Sayings

pearlvidel — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:18:09 +0000

The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.

Never swap horses crossing a stream.

Smith and Wesson or a Colt always beat four aces.

Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

Beggars can never be bankrupt.

There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who don’t know what’s happening.

IRISH PROVERBS & IRISH Sayings

pearlvidel — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:15:52 +0000

A dishonest woman can’t be kept in and an honest woman won’t.
A fool and his money are easily parted.

A foolish woman knows a foolish man’s faults
After the gathering comes the scattering
A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain.
A good beginning is half the work.
A greyhound finds food in its feet.
A guest should be blind in another man’s house.
A handstaff of holly, a buailtin of hazel,a single sheaf and a clean floor.
A heavy purse makes a light heart.
A hut is a palace to a poor man.
A Kerry shower is of twenty-four hours.
A king’s son is not nobler than his food.
A list full of gain and a village full of shame.

Chinese Proverbs & Chinese Sayings

pearlvidel — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:14:20 +0000

A dish of carrot hastily cooked may still has soil uncleaned off the vegetable.

Dismantle the bridge shortly after crossing it.

Distant water won’t help to put out a fire close at hand.

Distant water won’t quench your immediate thirst.

Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways.

Donkey’s lips do not fit onto a horse’s mouth.

A dog won’t forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.

Dream different dreams while on the same bed.

SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE SAYINGS

pearlvidel — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:48:42 +0000

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’”
- John Greenleaf Whittier

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.”
- Dante

Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear, just know that you are very close in every thought and prayer.

May the love of those around you help you through the days ahead.

With Our Sincere Sympathy. May you find comfort in knowing that your loved one touched the lives of so many others and gave them the gift of many happy memories.

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy.

We pray the love of God enfolds you during your journey through grief.

Words of Sympathy – Sympathy Card Sayings

pearlvidel — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:52:09 +0000

With Deepest Sympathy
My sincere sympathy
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With Heartfelt Condolences
Our thoughts and prayers are with you
He/She will never be forgotten
The memory of him/her will always be in our hearts
Thinking of you
Thinking of you during this difficult time
May God’s Grace strengthen you

Chinese Proverbs

pearlvidel — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:27:03 +0000

Over a long distance, you learn about the strength of your horse; over a long time, you learn about the character of your friend.
Chinese Proverbs – Learning – Strength – Friendship

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverbs – Questions – Stupid – Smart

A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.
Chinese Proverbs – Smart – Strategies

I see, I forget. I hear, I remember. I do, I understand.
Chinese Proverbs – Learning – Understanding

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Chinese Proverbs – Solutions – Criticism

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Chinese Proverbs – Challenges – Improvement

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