1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 46
901.
Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools.902.
Jails are always closed yet full, while temples are always open yet empty.903.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.904.
Judge not the horse by his saddle.905.
Just as a medicine may not cure a serious illness, wine will certainly not dispel your grief.906.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.907.
Just because men do not like the cold, Heaven will not stop the winter.908.
Just scales and full measure injure no man.909.
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.910.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.911.
Keep your chin up.912.
Kill a chicken before a monkey.913.
Kill a hen to get the egg.914.
Kill one to warn a hundred.915.
Kill the chicken to frighten the monkey.916.
Kill two vultures with one arrow.917.
Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice.918.
Killing a man to save the world, does not save the world.919.
Killing the dog does not heal the bite.920.
Kindle not a fire you cannot put out.