The ax weighs a pound and enters the forest in time, and the wood cannot be used effectively. (Mencius)

Man can conquer nature (Xunzi)

We should not be overly intoxicated with our victory over nature. For every such victory, nature takes its revenge on us. Every victory does indeed achieve the results we expected in the first step, but it has completely different and unexpected effects in the second and third steps, often canceling the first result.

(Engels)