1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 18
- 171. A person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it.
- 172. A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant.
- 173. A person with a bad name is already half-hanged.
- 174. A person without a smiling face must never open a shop.
- 175. A picture is worth ten thousand words.
- 176. A Quarter of an hour is worth more than a thousand gold coins.
- 177. A ragged colt may make a good horse.
- 178. A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction.
- 179. A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it.
- 180. A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one.
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