1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 89
1761. While keeping a tiger from the front door, the wolf comes in at the back.
1762. While wrangling over a quarter of pig, you can lose a flock of sheep.
1763. Who arrives in the darkness departs as night falls.
1764. Who has children cannot long remain poor; who has none cannot long remain rich.
1765. Who is inferior and is ashamed of it proves that he really is inferior.
1766. Who is narrow minded cannot be bighearted.
1767. Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
1768. Who rides a tiger cannot dismount.
1769. Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime.
1770. Who tells me of my faults is my teacher; who tells me of my virtues does me harm.
1771. Whoever buys a house must examine the beams; whoever wants a wife must look at her mother.
1772. Whoever keeps his door locked all the time longs for it to be broken down.
1773. Whoever tastes from the head of a poppy will not expect any thing from love.
1774. Whoever tears his clothes must mend them himself.
1775. Why jump in the water before the ship turns over.
1776. Win a cat and lose a cow -- the consequence of litigation.
1777. Win your lawsuit and lose your money.
1778. Wine does not intoxicate a man -- a man intoxicates himself.
1779. Winning an argument does not mean one has convinced one's opponent.
1780. Wisdom is attained by learning when to hold one's tongue.