1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 78
- 771. If you are married to a chicken obey the chicken. If you are married to a dog obey the dog.
 - 772. If you are not a fish, how can you know if the fish are happy?
- 773. If you are not so strong, don't carry heavy burdens.
- 774. If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- 775. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- 776. If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
- 777. If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.
- 778. If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
- 779. If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked. If you want an audience, start a fight.
- 780. If you ask for directions rudely, you might end up a long distance from your destination.
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