Author: Chinese proverb

Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.

Problems

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

Happiness Proverbs

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.

Proverbs

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

Proverbs

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Education Learning Proverbs

If you suspect a man, don’t employ him, and if you employ him, don’t suspect him.

Proverbs

A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.

Proverbs

One should be just as careful in choosing one’s pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

Proverbs

When you want to test the depths of a stream, don’t use both feet.

Proverbs

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

Age Proverbs Women