ancient chinese proverb-古中国的谚语

"There is no height that has not above him something higher"

"The animals are strange: the dogs look at you from the bottom to the up, cats look down on you; only pigs look at you as equals"

Winston Churchill

"Who is too high, falls often"

"Capita alle persone veramente sapienti quello che capita alle spighe di grano: si levano e alzano la testa dritta e fiera finché sono vuote, ma quando sono piene di chicchi cominciano a umiliarsi e ad abbassare il capo"

It happens to people who are truly wise what happens to the ears of corn: rise and raise your head straight and fair as long as they are empty, but when they are full of beans begin to humble himself and lower his head

Michel de Montaigne

"L'homme est né pour l'action, comme le feu tend vers le haut et la pierre vers le bas. Ne pas être occupé et n'exister pas pour l'homme c'est la même chose"

Man is born for action, as fire tends upwards and the rock down. Do not be busy and do not exist for man is the same thing

Voltaire

"E ricordatevi che gli è maggiore difficultà venire di uno grado basso a uno mediocre, che non è da uno mediocre venire a uno sommo"

Francesco Guicciardini

"When the passion is high, is low the reason"

some idioms and phrases of high-与高有关的一些谚语和短语

high

high and dry

1. out of the reach of the water
2. alone and helpless; stranded

high and low

          everywhere

high and mighty

          arrogant; haughty（Informal）

high on

          enthusiastic about; very interested in or impressed by on high（Informal）

1. up in space; high above
2. in heaven

on high

1. up in space; high above
2. in heaven

high and dry

1. In a position of helplessness; stranded: went off and left me high and dry. Nautical
2. Out of water. Used of a ship, for example.

high and low

          Here and there; everywhere: searched high and low for the keys.

on high

1. High in the sky.
2. In heaven.
3. In a position of authority.

chinese proverbs of high and low-与高和低有关的中国谚语

一人说话全有理，两人说话见高低

Whatever one person said is reasonable, but the level of speech is obvious if two people talk.

世情看冷暖，人面逐高低。——明·冯梦龙《东周列国志》第九十回

Through the attitude of the people in society, different social status can be seen.

人往高处走，水往低处流

The human walks toward the high place, water toward low spot class