602 Chinese Proverbs
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“Girls will be girls.”
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“Give a beggar a bed and he'll repay you with a louse.”
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“Going beyond is as bad as falling short.”
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“Gold and silver are mingled with dirt, till avarice parted them.”
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“Gold has its price; learning is beyond price.”
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“Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.”
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“Good fortune may forebode bad luck, which may in turn disguise
good fortune.”
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“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish--very gently.”
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“Govern yourself and you can govern the world.”
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“Grass fears the frost, frost fears the sun.”
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“Great blessings come from heaven; small blessings come from man.”
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“Great boast, small roast.”
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“Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better.”
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“Great cry and little wool, as the fellow said when he sheared his
hogs.”
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“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”
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“Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.”
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“Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts,
while adversity is often as the rain of spring.”
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“Happy people never count hours as they pass.”
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“Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored.”
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“Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger, but a heart as soft as tofu.”
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“Have but few friends though much acquaintance.”
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“He comes with incense in one hand, in the other a spear.”
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“He has too many lice to feel an itch.”
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“He hath lived ill that knows not how to die well.”
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“He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog.”
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