1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 151
- 1501. The wise man forgets insults as the ungrateful forget benefits.
 - 1502. The wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool does from his friends.
- 1503. The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
- 1504. The wolf barks in vain at the moon.
- 1505. The woman who deceives her husband makes her lover swear never to be unfaithful to her.
- 1506. The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
- 1507. The world is our house. Keep it clean.
- 1508. The wound caused by a sword can eventually be healed; the hurt resulted from vicious remarks can never be undone.
- 1509. The Yangtse never runs backwards; man recaptures not his youth.
- 1510. The Yangtze never runs backwards; man recaptures not his youth.
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