A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it

Similar sayings:

Easy to believe in Heaven’s law, but so hard to keep Easy to believe in Heaven’s law, but so hard to keep
Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know
If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back
To believe in one’s dreams is to spend all of one’s life asleep To believe in one’s dreams is to spend all of one’s life asleep
It is better to be entirely without a book than to believe it entirely It is better to be entirely without a book than to believe it entirely

GeeDee, on December 3rd, 2010 at 11:03 pm Said:

Not chinese, but appropriate:
The drunkard who has taken the pledge should not be locked up in a wine cellar.

Chinese sayings and proverbs