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Chinese Proverb
Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom. (doubt)
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him. (enemies)
The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness; (doctors)
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. (certainty)
I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one. (dreams)
One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him. (complaints and compl)
Ceremony is the smoke of friendship. (ceremony)
Life is a dream walking death is a going home. (death and dying)
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. (control)
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. (decisions)
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best. (caution)
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. (conscience)
If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. (direction)
Do not employ handsome servants. (hiring)
When men speak of the future, the Gods laugh. (future)
With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough. (friends and friendsh)
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river. (growth)
Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water. (fame)
Everyone pushes a falling fence. (failure)
Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. (experience)
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. (friends and friendsh)
Climb mountains to see lowlands. (growth)
If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else. (happiness)
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring. (happiness)
The saving man becomes the free man. (freedom)
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. (fools and foolishnes)
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me. (fools and foolishnes)
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence. (fortune)
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. (habit)
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. (failure)
Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. (giving)
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. (heart)
All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them. (family)
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently. (family)
In a broken nest there are few whole eggs. (family)
Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. (family)
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. (home)
Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome. (insanity)
One joy scatters a hundred grieves. (joy)
The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory. (memory)
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. (learning)
One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool. (humor)
When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding. (knowledge)
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. (names)
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. (prosperity)
Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. (patience)
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries. (worry)
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. (words)
One step at a time is good walking. (planning)
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. (planning)
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. (pleasure)
If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives. (money)
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still. (progress)
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down. (simplicity)
To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing. (speakers and speakin)
A maker of idols is never an idolater. (religion)
It is later than you think. (time and time manage)
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold. (time and time manage)
What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away. (secrets)
Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life. (respectability)
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. (thoughts and thinkin)
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. (children)
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things. (discontent)
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first. (critics and criticis)
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. (ask)
The journey is the reward. (achievement)
There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn. (goodness)
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. (blame)
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. (age and aging)
Biggest profits mean gravest risks. (danger)
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. (anger)
If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow. (character)
The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. (action)
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (beginning)
Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. (action)
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand. (action)
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. (action)
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. (adversity)
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. (faults)
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. (character)
To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is. (action)
The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. (victory)
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. (will and will power)
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men. (wisdom)
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. (wisdom)
A man grows most tired while standing still. (work)
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