Chinese Proverb Quotes

It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

Ambition aspires to descend.

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.

A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

Everyone's always waiting for someone to falter.

All bite the bitten dog.

If success is rare and slow, everybody knows how quick and easy ruin is.

What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.

Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.

Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they've been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative.

The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.

Remember, the enemy's gate is down.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.

I wanted always to appear strong and in control . . . .Then the cookie began to crumble.

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.

I watched the mighty skyline fall

A weak background is a deadly thing.

You cannot build a superstructure on a cracked foundation.

You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.

It is courageous to occasionally admit that there are certain things one can't do.