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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.
The night hides a world, but reveals a universe.
The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.
I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
When wind of changes are blowing, some people will build walls - some will build windmills.
Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.
Before you prepare to improve the world, look around your own house three times.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
A genius always presents himself as a fool.
The journey is the reward.
Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
The saving man becomes the free man.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.
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The journey is the reward.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
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.
Everyone pushes a falling fence.
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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.
In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.
All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
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A man grows most tired while standing still.
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.
Do not employ handsome servants.
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A genius always presents himself as a fool.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought.
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
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.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.
There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.
When men speak of the future, the Gods laugh.
When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding.
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.
To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.
If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
The tongue can paint what the eye can't see.
At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
A man grows most tired while standing still.
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.
The grandfather builds the Empire, the father squanders the Empire, and the son loses the Empire.
What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.
One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.
The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness;
Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.
All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.
Climb mountains to see lowlands.
One step at a time is good walking.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
Life is a dream walking death is a going home.
Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted.
People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.
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.
One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.
Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
Your friend has a friend; don't tell him.
To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.
With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.
Biggest profits mean gravest risks.
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.
If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
Be not afraid of growing slowly be afraid of standing still
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
One joy scatters a hundred grieves.
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
A maker of idols is never an idolater.
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be.
Everyone pushes a falling fence.
If fortune smiles, who doesn't? If fortune doesn't, who does?
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.
Ceremony is the smoke of friendship.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water.
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.
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.
Do not employ handsome servants.
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
A wise man makes his own decisions but an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books.
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.
Life is like an echo, what you send out comes back.
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
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