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Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.
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Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a
net.
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Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers.
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Don't waste too many stones on one bird.
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Donkey's lips don't fit onto a horse's mouth.
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Dream different dreams while on the same bed.
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Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage.
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Easier to bend the body than the will.
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Easier to rule a nation than a son.
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Easy to believe in heaven's law, but so hard to keep.
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Easy to enroll a thousand soldiers. But, ah, one general!.
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Easy to keep the castle that was never besieged.
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Easy to know men's faces, not their hearts.
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Easy to run downhill, much puffing to run up.
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Empty the clear path to heaven, crowded the dark road to hell.
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Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
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Enough shovels of earth make a mountain, enough pails of water a
river.
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Enough's as good as a feast.
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Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
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Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns.
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Everyone pushes a falling fence.
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Everyone rakes the fire under his own pot.
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Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
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Everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over.
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Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his
coverlet.
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs.
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Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain.
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Failing to plan is planning to fail.
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Falling hurts least those who fly low.
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Far waters cannot quench near fires.
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Far-fetched and dear-bought is good for ladies.
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Farewell and be hanged; friends must part!
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Fight a wolf with a flex stalk.
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Fight fire with fire.
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Flowers leave a part of their fragrance in the hands that bestow
them.
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Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows
them.
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Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather
termites.
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For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be
forgotten.
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Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
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Forget the favors you have given; remember those received.
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Fortune and flowers do not last forever.
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Four horses cannot overtake the tongue.
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Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the
past life, and the neglected opportunity.
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Friend, do not try to borrow combs from shaven monks.
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From the lowly perspective of a dog's eyes, everyone looks short.
Source: (Chinese)
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Garden flowers larger, field flowers stronger.
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Garlands are not for every brow.
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Get the coffin ready and watch the man mend.
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Girls marry to please parents, widows to please themselves.
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