“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
Attributed on the internet but not found in print prior to an attribution in Aero Digest, Vols. 58–59, 1949, p. 115 https://books.google.com/books?id=q2ofAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Life+is+simple%22+but+we+insist+on+making+it+complicated&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Life+is+simple%22+
Misattributed, Not Chinese
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Laozi in the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64
Misattributed, Chinese
“Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”
Varianta: Someone who is a clever speaker and maintains a 'too-smiley' face is seldom considered a humane person.
Zdroj: The Analects, Chapter I
“Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you.”
Varianta: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Zdroj: The Analects, Other chapters, Chapter XVː23
“A hundred girls aren't worth a single testicle.”
Attributed on the internet; a popular Vietnamese saying
Misattributed, Not Chinese
The Analects, as reported in Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (1997), p. 279.
Attributed
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
Attributed in Lillet Walters (2000), Secrets of Superstar Speakers; attributed in English sources as a "Japanese proverb" as early as 1924
Misattributed, Not Chinese
