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The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
-Chinese Proverb
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I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
-Chinese Proverb
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
-Chinese Proverb
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To talk goodness is not good... only to do it is.
-Chinese Proverb
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Adversity
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
-Chinese Proverb
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Advice
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If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
-Chinese Proverb
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Age
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
-Chinese Proverb
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Anger
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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
-Chinese Proverb
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Birds
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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
Also seen as: You cannot prevent the birds of worry and care from flying over your head. But you can stop them from building a nest in your head.
-Chinese Proverb
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People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.
-Chinese Proverb
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Blame
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Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
-Chinese Proverb
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Business
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Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
-Chinese Proverb
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Certainty
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To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
-Chinese Proverb
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Character
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If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
-Chinese Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
-Chinese Proverb
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Charity
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Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
-Chinese Proverb
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Children
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
-Chinese Proverb
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Conscience
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He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
-Chinese Proverb
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Criticism
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Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
-Chinese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
-Chinese Proverb
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Danger
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Biggest profits mean gravest risks.
-Chinese Proverb
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Death
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Life is a dream walking death is a going home.
-Chinese Proverb
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Decisions
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
-Chinese Proverb
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Discontent
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Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
-Chinese Proverb
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Doctors
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness;
-Chinese Proverb
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Books by and about Chinese Proverb