Chinese Proverbs quote: "Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep"

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
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He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion
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A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books
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A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by consta...
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One joy shatters a hundred griefs
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If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are ...
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It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting
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Education is not received. It is achieved.
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Politeness wins the confidence of princes
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for lif...
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A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard...
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Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.
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Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
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If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.
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To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art
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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool for...
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Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manne...
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes
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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
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The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything...
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Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
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The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand
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If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
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There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn
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Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.
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Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases
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To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on steppin...
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Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
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Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
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If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.
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If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the qu...
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Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.
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If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily
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A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens
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Kill a chicken before a monkey.
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He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
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A dog in desperation will leap over a wall
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Kill one to warn a hundred.
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Outside noisy, inside empty
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Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely
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A man need never revenge himself, the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door
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The journey is the reward.
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To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish
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A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river
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Pick up a sesame seed but lose sight of a watermelon.
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Dream different dreams while on the same bed
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The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher
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There is no one to sweep a common hall
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Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook
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Regular feet can't be affected by irregular shoes.
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Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best
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The best soldiers are not warlike
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A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealth...
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Steal a bell with one's ears covered
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An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold
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Pure gold does not fear furnace
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The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame
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Talk doesn't cook rice.
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The best cure for drunkenness is whilst sober, to observe a drunken person
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Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them
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It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow sho...
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It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun
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Before you beat a dog, find out who its master is
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Rise and fall of a nation rests with every one of its citizens.
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Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifeti...
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Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.
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Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished
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A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep.
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The crafty rabbit has three different entrances to its lair
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When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy
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Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat.
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A people without faith in themselves cannot survive
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
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Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
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A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when ...
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Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet
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Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
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Anyone who angers you conquers you
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Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.
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He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog
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When you drink from the stream remember the spring
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If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it
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If you share a man's wealth, try to lessen his misfortune
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A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles...
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Lock your door and keep your neighbor honest
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A flea on the top of a bald head.
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May your every wish be granted
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The arrogant army will lose the battle for sure
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Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back
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existence is what people defend while searching for a possible fix. Living by the commercials and me...
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To go beyond is as bad as to fall short
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Going beyond is as bad as falling short
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A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky.
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Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet.
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Use attack as the tactic of defense
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A weasel comes to say "Happy New Year" to the chickens
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My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon
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When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
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If you are in a hurry you will never get there
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Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same
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If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain
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Reshape one's foot to try to fit into a new shoe.
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Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it
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A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off.
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A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles
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Talk does not cook rice.
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Men trip not on mountains, they trip on molehills
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Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
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Once on a tiger's back, it is hard to alight.
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A dish of carrot hastily cooked may still has soil uncleaned off the vegetable.
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The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life
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Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise
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A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all
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When you are poor, neighbors close by will not come; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by vi...
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Virtue never dwells alone; it always has neighbors
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Like ants eating a bone.
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A maker of idols is never an idolater
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Two good talkers, not one good listener
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When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much supplies us with plent...
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Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime
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Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
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To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true...
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Gold is tested by fire, man by gold
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Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve
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A whitewashed crow soon shows black again
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Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding
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Dismantle the bridge shortly after crossing it.
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You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.
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The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces
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No wind, no waves
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Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers
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You can't expect both ends of a sugar cane are as sweet
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All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them
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From the lowly perspective of a dog's eyes, everyone looks short
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When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins
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Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted
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Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain.
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
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Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.
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A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
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An overcrowded chicken farm produce fewer eggs.
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names
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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from bui...
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Sorrow is the child of too much joy
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A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy
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It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens
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He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
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It is the beautiful bird which gets caged
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Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come
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A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind
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Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
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He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument
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If one branch doesn't move, the many branches won't stir. T: 'If someone does not lead, no one will ...
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A smile will gain you ten more years of life
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Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart
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A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it
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The taller the bamboo grows, the lower it bends.
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An ant may well destroy a whole dam.
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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
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If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked
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Behind every able man, there are always other able men.
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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferi...
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The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be.
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it
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Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
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Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net
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Bitten by a snake this year, he'll be scared of well ropes in the next ten.
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Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the wo...
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He has too many lice to feel an itch
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When the itch is inside the boot, scratching outside provides little consolation
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Rotten wood cannot be carved
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If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice...
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
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The loftiest towers rise from the ground
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When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out
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One generation plants the trees, and another gets the shade
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Tiger father begets tiger son
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A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle
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To persecute the unfortunate is like throwing stones on one fallen into a well
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the ...
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Over no home can the sign be hung:There is no trouble here.
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There is no silver here: three hundred taels.
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Fight poison with poison
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A man's faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues.
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Your fingers can't be of the same length.
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Better go than send
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If you bow at all, bow low
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Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep

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Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep

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