Proverbs about convincing people with reason when doing things

1. The heart is separated from the belly, and people look at their behavior.

2. If the water is not level, let it flow; if the reason is not level, let it flow.

3. A thousand views are not as good as a thousand learnings, and a thousand views are not as good as one practice.

4. The ox cannot drag the rake, and the man speaks unreasonably.

5. A villain holds grudges, but a gentleman has long ambitions.

6. There is truth in front of people, and there are reins in front of horses.

7. The old tree is half hollow, but the old man knows everything.

8. You must know the kindness of your parents and hold your children and grandchildren in your arms.

9. Conquer the population with force and convince people with reason.

10. People rely on ambition, and tigers rely on power.

11. The mouth of the altar can be sealed, but the population cannot.

12. Only thick clouds can bring heavy rain, and only the truth can convince people.

13. One person’s words are all reasonable, but two people’s words are different.

14. When a person is old, his heart will never grow old, and when he is poor, his ambition will never be poor.

15. When the water recedes and the rocks remain, good people will not be bad.

16. An ax can cause a tree to fall, but a reasonable one will not.

17. When water falls, a stone will appear, but over time, it will reveal people’s hearts.

18. A tree has many roots and a person has many knowledge.

19. If you give people an inch, you will get a foot of reason.

20. A journey of a thousand miles is worth ten years of reading.

21. If you want to eat spicy food, plant spicy rice seedlings; if you want to eat carp, walk along the Yangtze River.

22. All bows in the world are curved, but all principles in the world are straight.

23. Put reason into things and use good steel to the edge.

24. When the mountain is high, there is a way to climb, and when the road is far, there is a way to run.

25. The more the well is dug, the clearer the water becomes; the more things are laid out, the clearer the reason becomes.

26. People practice in the world, and the sword is sharpened on the stone.

27. If you accept reason but not people, you will not be afraid of anything.

28. Speak the truth when you have reason, and speak nonsense when you have no reason.

29. A stick hurts the bones, but rationality hurts the heart.

30. People have their own reasons, and horses have their reins.

31. There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two principles in people.

32. Three hundred and sixty lines, and the number one scholar will be the best.

33. People are afraid of being ignored, and dogs are afraid of having their tails pinched.

34. People compete for qi, fire competes for flames, and Buddha competes for a stick of incense.

35. It’s a snake that feels cold, and a wolf that feels fishy.

36. The mountains are high and the rivers are flowing, and the ambition is great and the spirit is strong.

37. It doesn’t matter whether people are close to each other, but whether they are straightened out or not.

38. People are afraid of reason, and horses are afraid of whips.