One measures the towers by their shadows and great people by those who envy them.
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The pen can kill a man; no knife is needed.Chinese
Man fools himself. He prays for a long life, and he fears an old age.
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Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.
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A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
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A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one.
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What is told into a man's ear is often heard a hundred miles away.
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