1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 38
741.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come.742.
If life is fulfilled we go away with empty hands.743.
If no one comes the dog does not bark.744.
If one eats less, one will taste more.745.
If one man guards a narrow pass, ten thousand cannot get through.746.
If one word does not succeed, ten thousand are of no avail.747.
If rain bothers you, you can always jump into the sea.748.
If the dog leads the man, the man is blind. If the man leads the dog, the man is married.749.
If the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold.750.
If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timber will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.751.
If the pedestal is beautiful the statue must be even more beautiful.752.
If the well is distant, its water does not quench the thirst of the pilgrim.753.
If there are many buyers in the market, the merchant doesn't wash his turnips.754.
If there are no clouds there will be no rain.755.
If there is a strong general, there will be no weak soldiers.756.
If there is a wave there must be a wind.757.
If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.758.
If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.759.
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.760.
If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed for.