(384 quotes found)
“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”
Chinese Proverbs
“Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.”
“The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand”
“A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles”
“With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.”
“A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all”
“One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.”
“When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much supplies us with plenty of future worries”
“To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation”
“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”
Old Chinese Proverb
