To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon

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Good fortune may forebode bad luck, which may in turn disguise good fortune Good fortune may forebode bad luck, which may in turn disguise good fortune
An old friend met in a far country is like rain after drought An old friend met in a far country is like rain after drought
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds
Fortune and flowers do not last forever Fortune and flowers do not last forever
Don’t build a new ship out of old wood Don’t build a new ship out of old wood

Adria Kesselman, on August 18th, 2011 at 11:32 am Said:

Can you please tell me where this proverb came from? Who wrote it? A Chinese colleague of mine suspects that it was Americanized as a dragon in Chinese literature does not have wings.

Chinese sayings and proverbs