Your fingers can’t be of the same length

Similar sayings:

Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet
Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man’s fingers Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man’s fingers
Man cannot stir one inch without the push of Heaven’s finger Man cannot stir one inch without the push of Heaven’s finger

Chinese sayings and proverbs