Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
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With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.
If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
Take a second look... It costs you nothing.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.
If you stand straight Do not fear a crooked shadow.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
A closed mind is like a closed book just a block of wood.
Do not employ handsome servants.
Never write a letter while you are angry.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.
When you drink the water, remember the spring.
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
If you must play, decide on three things at the start the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.
There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.
The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the night.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
Use power to curb power.
Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.
Enough shovels of earth ..........................a mountain. Enough pails of water ...............................a river.
He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a preliminary draft.
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.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
Climb mountains to see lowlands.
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.
If you are rich, you speak the truth if you are poor, your words are but lies.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
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.
With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
He who hurries can not walk with dignity.
Practice no vice because it's trivial... Neglect no virtue because it's so.
One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.
Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
If you bow at all, bow low.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names.
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him.
Judge not the horse by his saddle.
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
A book holds a house of gold.
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
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.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.
The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speech.
Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
If you always give You will always have.
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.