He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack....
Carols
A journey of a thousand miles began with a single step.
Riddles
Joke about the present by referring to the past.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about joke, present, past
Wealth does not pass three generations.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about wealth
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about fire, fire brigade
Riding a mule while looking for a horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese
A bad workman blames his tools.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about tools, bad luck, bad, old, olderness
A leopard cannot change its spots.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about change, old, olderness
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about light, old, olderness
Devil take the hindmost
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about devil, old, olderness
Failing to plan is planning to fail
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about old, olderness
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about man, day, old, olderness
He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)
Proverbs and old sayings British about body, world, old, olderness
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)
Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about old, olderness
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)
Proverbs and old sayings British about thinking, love, old, olderness
To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.
Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about language, world