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Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything
sitting that you can do lying down.
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Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.
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Never write a letter while you are angry.
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No matter how stout one beam, it cannot support a house.
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No matter how tall the mountain, it cannot block out the sun.
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No medicines can cure the vulgar man.
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No melon-peddler cries: Bitter melons! No wine-dealer says:
Sour wine!
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No mill, no meal.
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No wind, no waves.
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No wisdom like silence.
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No wisdom to silence.
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Not wine . . . men intoxicate themselves; not vice . . . men
entice themselves.
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O eggs, never fight with stones!
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O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand
minutes?
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Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.
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Of a good beginning cometh a good end.
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Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best.
Source: (Chinese)
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Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is the best.
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Often one finds one's destiny just where one hides to avoid it.
Source: (Chinese)
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On entering a country, ask what is forbidden, on entering a
village, ask what are the customs, on entering a private house,
ask what should not be mentioned.
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Once bitten by a snake, he is scared all his life at the mere
sight of a rope.
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Once on a tiger's back it is hard to alight.
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One can care little for man, but we need a friend.
Source: (Chinese)
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One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in water, one
pops up while you try to hold down the other.
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One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.
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One family builds the wall, two families enjoy it.
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One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade.
Source: (Chinese)
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One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows.
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One joy shatters a hundred griefs.
Source: (Chinese)
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One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the
labor among them. When it comes to three, they have to go
thirsty.
Source: (Chinese)
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One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in
avoiding calamities.
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One step at a time is good walking.
Source: (Chinese)
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One step at a time.
Source: (Chinese)
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One's shadow grows larger than life when admired by the light of
the moon.
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Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are
deep.
Source: (Chinese)
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Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a
strong fire.
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Out of a dog's mouth will never come ivory tusks.
Source: (Chinese)
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Outside noisy, inside empty.
Source: (Chinese)
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Paper can't wrap up a fire.
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have
children who step on their toes.
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Patience and the mulberry leaf become a silk robe.
Source: (Chinese)
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Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit.
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Patience is a plaister for all sores.
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Patience is a virtue.
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Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry becomes
silk.
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Peace and tranquility are a thousand gold pieces.
Source: (Chinese)
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Pick your inn before the dark; get on your road before the dawn.
Source: (Chinese)
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Plan your year in the spring, your day at dawn.
Source: (Chinese)
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Plant the crab-tree where you will it will never bear pippins.
Source: (Chinese)
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Pleasures are shallow, sorrows deep.
Source: (Chinese)
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