1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 12
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.222.
A wise man takes his own decisions; the ignorant goes with the crowd.223.
A wise man will not rebuke a fool.224.
A woman gets thirty percent of her beauty from nature and seventy percent from makeup.225.
A woman that always laughs is everybody's wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot.226.
A word once spoken, an army of chariots cannot overtake it.227.
A year's harvest counts on spring; a man's success counts on his diligence.228.
A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.229.
A young doctor makes a full graveyard.230.
A young woman with an old man is really someone else's woman.231.
Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man.232.
Active people never have louse bites.233.
Add a flower to a bouquet.234.
Add frost to snow.235.
Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.236.
Add legs to the snake one has just painted.237.
Add oil to a fire.238.
After all, harming others means you first harm yourself.239.
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.240.
Aged ginger is more pungent.