1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 183
- 1821. You can't fare well, but you must cry roast meat.
 - 1822. You can't fill your belly painting pictures of bread.
- 1823. You can't load a small boat with heavy cargo.
- 1824. You can't look at the stars while you are walking if you have a stone in your shoe.
- 1825. You can't tell the cost of food and fuel without being the head of a household; you can't appreciate the love of your parents without having children of your own.
- 1826. You cannot cook two meals in the same pot.
- 1827. You cannot draw white cloth from a dying vat.
- 1828. You cannot fight a fire with water from far away.
- 1829. You cannot hook trout? Try digging clams.
- 1830. You cannot lose what you never had.
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