如之蜜糖，彼之砒霜 in English (英文) = proverb One Man’s meat is another man’s poison.
黑猫白猫，能抓老鼠的就是好猫 – In English: It doesn’t matter whether it is a white mouse or a black mouse, if it catches mice it is a good mouse.
Deng Xiao Ping quoted this old proverb when Deng quoted the old proverb when introducing the reform period in china. The point was that capitalist methods worked. Therefore, relations with the outside world represented a vital and necessary shift in Chinese thinking.