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The best memory is not so firm as faded ink.
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The best soldiers are not warlike.
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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best
time is today.
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The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame.
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The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the
narrow-minded see only the differences.
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The careful foot can walk anywhere.
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The court official in one life has seven rebirths as a beggar.
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The day your horse dies and your money's lost, your relatives
change to strangers.
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The delicacy of the feast is the learned guest.
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The devil can quote Scripture for his own ends.
Source: (Chinese)
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The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man
perfected without trials.
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The emperor is rich, but he cannot buy one extra year.
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The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
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The evening crowns the days.
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The father in praising the son extols himself.
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than
him.
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The first half of the night, think of your own faults; the second
half, the faults of others.
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The first hen that cackles is the one that laid the egg.
Source: (Chinese)
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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected
without trials.
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The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether
you are content with failure.
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The happiness in your pocket, don't spend it all.
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The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.
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The hardest step is over the threshold.
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The house with an old grandparent harbors a jewel.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
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The loftiest towers rise from the ground.
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The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.
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The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be.
Source: (Chinese)
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The man who comes with a talk about others has himself an ax to
grind.
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The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the
night.
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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small
stones.
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
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The man who wakes up and finds himself famous hasn't been asleep.
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The man will surely fail, who dares delay,
And lose to-morrow that has lost to-day.
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The mind is the emperor of the body.
Source: (Chinese)
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The net of heaven is large and wide, but it lets nothing through.
Source: (Chinese)
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The older the ginger, the more it bites.
Source: (Chinese)
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The one who first resorts to violence shows that he has no more
arguments.
Source: (Chinese)
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The one who plants the tree is not the one who will enjoy its
shade.
Source: (Chinese)
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The one who understands does not speak, the one who speaks does
not understand.
Source: (Chinese)
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The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Source: (Chinese)
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The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for
it in what is remote.
Source: (Chinese)
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The pen can kill a man; no knife is needed.
Source: (Chinese)
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The pen of the tongue should be dipped in the ink of the heart.
Source: (Chinese)
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The peony is beautiful, yet it is supported by a stalk.
Source: (Chinese)
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The pine stays green in winter, wisdom in hardship.
Source: (Chinese)
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The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home
broken at last.
Source: (Chinese)
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The remedy for dirt is soap and water. The remedy for dying is
living.
Source: (Chinese)
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The remedy for love is--land between.
Source: (Chinese)
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