1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 29
561. Flowing water never gets dirty.
562. Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites.
563. Follow the good and learn their ways.
564. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
565. For each man produced by heaven, earth provides a grave.
566. For people who love even water is sweet.
567. For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be forgotten.
568. Force may lead to agreement, but truth will lead to conviction.
569. Force tells weak from strong for a moment; truth tells right from wrong all the time.
570. Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
571. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
572. Forget the favors you have given; remember those received.
573. Forget the fishing gear as soon as the fish is caught.
574. Fortune and flowers do not last forever.
575. Fortune has a fickle heart and a short memory.
576. Four horses cannot overtake the tongue.
577. Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
578. Foxes grieve over the death of rabbits.
579. Fragments of fox fur, sewn together, will make a robe.
580. Friend, do not try to borrow combs from shaven monks.