Misfortune is not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.
More Chinese Proverbs:
It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.Chinese
Love is blind, and greed insatiable.
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A fly before his own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.
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Failing to plan is planning to fail.
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If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
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Good behavior is a virtue for the man -- bad behavior is the virtue of a woman.
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