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"Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve."
"A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction."
"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song."
"A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers."
"A book holds a house of gold."
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."
"A book tightly shut is but a block of paper."
"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."
"A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all."
"A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections."
"A filthy mouth will not utter decent language."
"A fool judges people by the presents they give him."
"A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials."
"A nation's treasure is in its scholars."
"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."
"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."
"An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold."
"At birth we bring nothing with us; at death we take nothing away."
"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still."
"Be the first to the field and the last to the couch."
"Better to argue with a wise man than prattle with a fool."
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
"Control your emotion or it will control you."
"Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own."
"Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom."
"Dig the well before you are thirsty."
"Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil."
"Do not employ handsome servants."
"Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still."
"Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet."
"Don't open a shop unless you like to smile."
"Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown."
"Everything in the past died yesterday; everything in the future was born today."
"Flowing water never goes bad."
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
"Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last."
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."
"He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them."
"He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain."
"He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument."
"I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one."
"I drink tea and forget the world's noises."
"If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him."
"If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed."
"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."
"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."
"If you bow at all, bow low."
"If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it."
"If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through."
"If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow."
"Keep a green tree in your heart and a singing bird will come."
"Learning is like rowing upstream: To not advance is to fall back."
"Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise."
"Of all strategies, to know when to quit may be the best."
"One step at a time is good walking."
"Only by learning do we discover how ignorant we are."
"Only distance tests the strength of horses; only time reveals the hearts of men."
"Patience in one minute of anger can prevent one hundred days of sorrow."
"Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind."
"Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself."
"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand."
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."
"The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind."
"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."
"Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."
"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."
"Unless we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed."
"When drinking water, remember its source."
"When you drink the water, remember the spring."
"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."
"With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown."
"With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough."
"The palest ink is better than the best memory."