1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 44
861.
It is easier to govern a country than a son.862.
It is easier to know how to do than it is to do.863.
It is easier to visit friends than to live with them.864.
It is easier to visit your friends than to live with them.865.
It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind.866.
It is easy to dodge the arrow of an enemy, but difficult to avoid the spear of a friend.867.
It is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but difficult to get one general.868.
It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rule one's family.869.
It is easy to open a store -- the hard part is keeping it open.870.
It is foolish for someone to seek credit for his ancestor's achievements.871.
It is good to strike the serpent's head with your enemy's hand.872.
It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.873.
It is impossible to add much weight with a single morsel; it is hard to travel afar with a single step.874.
It is later than you think.875.
It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.876.
It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.877.
It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.878.
It is not the destination that is important, but the journey there.879.
It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.880.
It is often more difficult to come back home than it is to go away.