1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 12
221. 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.