A hundred “no’s” are less painful than one insincere “yes.”
More Chinese Proverbs:
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.Chinese
No wind, no waves.
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Be resolved and the thing is done.
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If heaven above lets fall a plum, open your mouth.
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One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.
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Shame is forgotten, debts are not.
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