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Chinese Proverb
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Quotes:The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
If you bow at all, bow low.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
When you drink the water, remember the spring.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Do not employ handsome servants.
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
A book holds a house of gold.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.
The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
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