The 1949 Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases quotes Barnard as saying he called it "a Chinese proverb, so that people would take it seriously."
Das Buch The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases zitiert den Autor Barnard, der sagte, er habe den Slogan „als chinesisches Sprichwort betitelt, damit die Leute es ernst nehmen“.