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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. <br />
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A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. <br />
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A book holds a house of gold. <br />
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. <br />
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A book tightly shut is but a block of paper. <br />
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A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. <br />
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A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections. <br />
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A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. <br />
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A fool judges people by the presents they give him. <br />
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A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. <br />
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A nation's treasure is in its scholars. <br />
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A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction. <br />
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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. <br />
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Be the first to the field and the last to the couch. <br />
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. <br />
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. <br />
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Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. <br />
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Do not employ handsome servants. <br />
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Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still. <br />
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Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. <br />
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Don't open a shop unless you like to smile. <br />
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Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown. <br />
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. <br />
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. <br />
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He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain. <br />
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He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument. <br />
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If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. <br />
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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. <br />
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If you bow at all, bow low.<br />
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If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.<br />
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A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.<br />
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Three feet of ice not result from one day of freezing weather.<br />
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If the wind comes from an empty cave, it's not without a reason.<br />
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After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless. <br />
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An ant may well destroy a whole dam. <br />
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Behind an able man there are always other able men.<br />
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. <br />
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness <br />
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A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood<br />
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Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand. <br />
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Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst.<br />
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Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth. <br />
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A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance. <br />
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If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.<br />
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Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it.<br />
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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 to gain.<br />
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He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.<br />
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He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.<br />
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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.<br />
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.<br />
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Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.<br />
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In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.<br />
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. <br />
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To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.<br />
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.<br />
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Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.<br />
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A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.<br />
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The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.<br />
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.<br />
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Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.<br />
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If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.<br />
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Outside noisy, inside empty.<br />
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone 's letter.<br />
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs.<br />
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.<br />
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A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.<br />
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Going beyond is as bad as falling short.<br />
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.<br />
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Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.<br />
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Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword.<br />
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Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.<br />
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Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.<br />
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If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.<br />
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A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.<br />
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Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.<br />
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Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.<br />
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A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.<br />
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To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.<br />
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The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.<br />
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One step at a time is good walking.<br />
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Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.<br />
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With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.<br />
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