You need your wits about you the most when you are dealing with an idiot.
More Chinese Proverbs:
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.Chinese
A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy.
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If a son is uneducated, his father is to blame.
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Have but few friends though much acquaintance.
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Love is incompatible with fear.
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To have beautiful servant girls is a threat to good marriages.
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