Chineese+Proverbs

=Chineese Proverbs=

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 * Quotes**

1. A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

2. A book holds a house of Gold.

3. A book is like a Garden carried in the pocket.

4. A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.

5. A Diamond with a flaw is worth more than a Pebble without imperfections.

6. A Gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a Man perfected without trials.

7. A nation's treasure is in it's scholars.

8. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

9. Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.

10. Dig the well before you are thirsty.

11. Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.

12. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks remains a fool forever.

13. He who is Drowned is not troubled by the Rain.

14. He who stikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

15. If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.

16. If you are patient in one moment of Anger, you will escape a hundred days of Sorrow.

17. If you don't want anyone to know, Don't do it.

18. Raise your sail one foot, and you get ten feet of wind.

19. Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

20. The palest ink is better than the best memory.

21. when you drink the water, remember the spring.

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