Chinese Wisdom of the Month

March

欲速则不达
More haste, less speed.

-- << Analects >>, Confucius( 551 - 479 B.C.)
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February

塞翁失马,焉知非福?
An old farmer lost his horse. Who knows it wasn’t a good luck?

-- This saying has its origin from Han-Dynasty (202 - 02 B.C.): essay collection
<<Huai Nan Zi>>
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January

人怕出名猪怕壮
When a person becomes famous, it’s like when a pig gets fat.

-- This saying originates from a famous Chinese novel from the 1800s during the last dynasty: <<The Dream of the Red Mansion >>
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