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Chinese proverb - From the Books category:
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Communication category:
The tongue can paint what the eye can't see. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Complaining category:
It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Criticism category:
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. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Danger category:
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Education category:
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Failure category:
If you get up one more time than you fall down, you will make it through. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Friendship category:
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Gratitude category:
If you drink the water, don't forget the person who dug the well. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Greatness category:
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Joy category:
One joy scatters a hundred griefs. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Mistakes category:
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Nature category:
The best time to plant a tree was always 20 years ago. The second best time is always today. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Patience category:
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Peace category:
If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Perfection category:
Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Planning category:
Make your whole year's plans in the spring, and your day's plans early in the morning. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Pleasure category:
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Pricing category:
A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Sacrifice category:
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Sadness category:
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Taste category:
Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Thought category:
The thoughts of the day become the dreams of the night. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Travel category:
Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep. (Chinese proverb)
Chinese proverb - From the Writing category:
The palest ink is better than the best memory. (Chinese proverb)
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