A one-inch error at the start can be a thousand miles at the end.
More Chinese Proverbs:
Being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice.Chinese
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
Chinese
No matter how stout one beam, it cannot support a house.
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To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
Chinese
Plant the crab-tree where you will it will never bear pippins.
Chinese
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
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