He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
More Chinese Proverbs:
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
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Give a dog a tasty name and eat him.
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Whoever tastes from the head of a poppy will not expect any thing from love.
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Careless rat chewing on a cat's tail: beware lightning!.
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You can chop a man's head off, but you can't keep him quiet.
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