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