20 Chinese proverbs that can change your outlook on life

Growing up I’ve always seen Chinese proverbs being quoted more often than not in some place or the others. Some people quote it to make their point, while others use them as a poster to hang and take in wisdom. Whatever way you use them, one thing is certain that the Chinese were wise men that knew a lot about life. It is probably because of that their proverbs are still used today as most of them are relevant to us. Here are 20 gems that really shed a new meaning on life and can even help us live it better.

1 If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow

3 Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot

4 He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

6 It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing

7 Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose

8 Not wine…men intoxicate themselves; Not vice…men entice themselves

10 If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time

12 The tongue like a sharp knife…Kills without drawing blood

13 Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one

15 Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills

16 A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials

18 Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it

19 The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory

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