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A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries
to swallow an elephant.
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A person with a bad name is already half-hanged.
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A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to
believe it.
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A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
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A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.
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A single beam cannot support a great house.
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of
study.
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A single untried popular remedy often throws the scientific
doctor into hysterics.
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A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.
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A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
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A thorn defends the rose harming only those who would steal the
blossom.
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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.
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A thousand pounds and a bottle of hay are all one at domesday.
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A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain
returns all sounds.
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A whitewashed crow soon shows black again.
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A wicked book cannot repent.
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A wicked companion invites us all to hell.
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows
public opinion.
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A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.
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A young doctor makes a full graveyard.
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Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man.
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Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.
Source: (Chinese)
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After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
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All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
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All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from
them.
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All things at first appear difficult.
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All things change, and we change with them.
[Lat., Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.]
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Alms given openly will be rewarded in secret.
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Among ten matchmakers only nine will lie.
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An ambassador bears no blame.
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An ignorant doctor is no better than a murderer.
Source: (Chinese)
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An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch
of time with an inch of gold.
Source: (Chinese)
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An old friend met in a far country is like rain after drought.
Source: (Chinese)
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Avoid suspicion: when you're walking through your neighbor's
melon patch, don't tie your shoe.
Source: (Chinese)
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Be in readiness for favorable winds.
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Be just before you're generous.
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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing
still.
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Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not
understanding.
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Be on a horse when you go in search of a better one.
Source: (Chinese)
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Be resolved and the thing is done.
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Beat your drum inside the house to spare the neighbors.
Source: (Chinese)
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Beat your gong and sell your candles.
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Because men do not like the cold, Heaven does not cause winter to
cease.
Source: (Chinese)
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Before you beat a dog, find out who its master is.
Source: (Chinese)
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Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles
off the mark.
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Behind an able man there are always other able men.
Source: (Chinese)
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Source: (Chinese)
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Better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.
Source: (Chinese)
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Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
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Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place.
Source: (Chinese)
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