Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.
More Chinese Proverbs:
Respect spiritual beings but keep your distance.Chinese
Love is an eye that doesn't see anything.
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To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well and is as essential to all true conversation.
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To do good for ten years is not enough; do bad things for one day and it is too much.
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Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.
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A fool in a hurry drinks tea with a fork.
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