Proverbs

U.S Proverbs :

“The squeaking wheel gets the grease.”

“Waste not, want not.”

  “He who holds the gold makes the rules.”

  “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try 

again.”

  “The early bird gets the worm.”

Chinese Proverbs :

  “A man who waits for a roast duck to fly 

into his mouth must wait a very, very 

long time.”

  

“

A man who says it cannot be done 

should not interrupt a man doing it.”

“

Give a man a fish, and he will live for a 

day; give him a net, and he will live for a 

lifetime.”

“No one is either rich or poor who has not 

helped himself to be so.” (German)

  “Words do not make flour.” (Italian)

  “The nail that sticks up gets pounded 

down.” (Japanese)